Hard as the Rock Itself : Place and Identity in the American Mining Town

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- The Mining Imaginary -- Place, Identity, and the Mining Landscape -- Notes -- CHAPTER TWO Toluca -- The Longwall Mining District -- A "Rip-Roaring" Town -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- Mining's Legacies -- Saving the Jumbos -- Reclaiming the Jumbos -- Notes -- CHAPTER THREE Cokedale -- The Trinidad Coal Field -- A Model Company Town -- The Utopian Myth -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- Life and Landscape in the Post-Mining Era -- Notes -- CHAPTER FOUR Picher -- The Tri-State Mining District -- Landscape and Identity in Early Picher -- "Sores Beyond Cure" -- Hard As the Rock Itself -- Mine Closure and Community Survival -- The Tragedy of Tar Creek -- Whither Relocation? -- The "Town that Jack Built" -- Notes -- CHAPTER FIVE Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts -- Interviews and Personal Correspondence -- Newspapers -- Government Documents -- Books -- Articles -- Unpublished Theses, Dissertations, and Papers -- Miscellaneous -- Index.