Anthracite Heritage: Landscape, Memory and the Environment

Place always exists in a particular time, and for Northeastern Pennsylvania that time is anthracite coal time. Because coal mining has decreased significantly over the past 50 years, the result has been a major outmigration of the area’s traditional population... However, the legacy of coal still ru...

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Main Author: Paul A. Shackel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2017-07-01
Series:Open Rivers
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Online Access: https://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/anthracite-heritage-landscape-memory-and-the-environment/
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spelling doaj-39ceec441be0415fb07e99a9fc5cfe892021-08-03T01:04:26ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingOpen Rivers2471-190X2017-07-01Issue Seven : Summer 2017https://doi.org/10.24926/2471190X.3140Anthracite Heritage: Landscape, Memory and the EnvironmentPaul A. ShackelPlace always exists in a particular time, and for Northeastern Pennsylvania that time is anthracite coal time. Because coal mining has decreased significantly over the past 50 years, the result has been a major outmigration of the area’s traditional population... However, the legacy of coal still runs deep as reminders of coal heritage are scattered throughout the 484 square miles that make up the anthracite coal region. https://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/anthracite-heritage-landscape-memory-and-the-environment/ anthropologyresearchunited states
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title Anthracite Heritage: Landscape, Memory and the Environment
title_short Anthracite Heritage: Landscape, Memory and the Environment
title_full Anthracite Heritage: Landscape, Memory and the Environment
title_fullStr Anthracite Heritage: Landscape, Memory and the Environment
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description Place always exists in a particular time, and for Northeastern Pennsylvania that time is anthracite coal time. Because coal mining has decreased significantly over the past 50 years, the result has been a major outmigration of the area’s traditional population... However, the legacy of coal still runs deep as reminders of coal heritage are scattered throughout the 484 square miles that make up the anthracite coal region.
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united states
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