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Author : PAUL H. LANDIS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946201089
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Three Iron Mining Towns written by PAUL H. LANDIS and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the relationship between human activities and the physical environment.
Author : E. Merton Coulter
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820334979
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Auraria written by E. Merton Coulter and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first gold rush in American history occurred in north Georgia; it preceded the mining booms in the West by almost two decades. Published in 1956, Auraria tells the story of the mining town at the center of Georgia's gold frenzy. Auraria, which reached its zenith in the 1830s, eventually faded into a ghost town by the twentieth century. E. Merton Coulter gives readers more than a local study by placing Auraria's fascinating story in the context of larger regional and national developments.
Author : Philippe Burger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351668730
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Mining and Community in South Africa written by Philippe Burger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining has played a key role in the growth of many towns in South Africa. This growth has been accompanied by a proliferation of informal settlements, by pressure to provide basic services and by institutional pressures in local government to support mining. Fragile municipal finance, changing social attributes, the pressures of shift-work on mineworkers, the impact on the physical environment and perceived new inequalities between mineworkers, contract workers and original inhabitants have further complicated matters. Mining growth has however also led to substantial local economic benefits to existing business and it has contributed to a mushrooming of new enterprises. While the relationship between mining and economic development at the country level has received adequate attention in existing literature, less is known about the consequences of mining at the local level. This book investigates the local impacts of mining in South Africa, focusing on employment, inequality, housing, business development, worker well-being, governance, municipal finance, planning and the environment. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Mining and Community in South Africa will be of interest to scholars of South Africa, economic development, labour and industry, politics and planning.
Author : Malcolm J. Rohrbough
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Aspen written by Malcolm J. Rohrbough and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a world-famous ski resort, Aspen, Colorado, began its life as a booming silver-mining town. This book tells the story of Aspen from its founding in 1879 to the collapse of the silver market in 1893. It is replete with colorful portraits of the pioneers who built and developed the town that became the richest silver-mining center in America.
Author : Philippe Burger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351668749
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Mining and Community in South Africa written by Philippe Burger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining has played a key role in the growth of many towns in South Africa. This growth has been accompanied by a proliferation of informal settlements, by pressure to provide basic services and by institutional pressures in local government to support mining. Fragile municipal finance, changing social attributes, the pressures of shift-work on mineworkers, the impact on the physical environment and perceived new inequalities between mineworkers, contract workers and original inhabitants have further complicated matters. Mining growth has however also led to substantial local economic benefits to existing business and it has contributed to a mushrooming of new enterprises. While the relationship between mining and economic development at the country level has received adequate attention in existing literature, less is known about the consequences of mining at the local level. This book investigates the local impacts of mining in South Africa, focusing on employment, inequality, housing, business development, worker well-being, governance, municipal finance, planning and the environment. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Mining and Community in South Africa will be of interest to scholars of South Africa, economic development, labour and industry, politics and planning.
Author : Barbara Fifer
Publisher : Farcountry Press
ISBN 13 : 1560371951
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Montana Mining Ghost Towns written by Barbara Fifer and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs-landscapes, townsites, homes, stores, mining structures.
Author : David Robertson
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457109646
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)
Download or read book Hard As the Rock Itself written by David Robertson and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first intensive analysis of sense of place in American mining towns, Hard as the Rock Itself: Place and Identity in the American Mining Town provides rare insight into the struggles and rewards of life in these communities. David Robertson contends that these communities - often characterized in scholarly and literary works as derelict, as sources of debasing moral influence, and as scenes of environmental decay - have a strong and enduring sense of place and have even embraced some of the signs of so-called dereliction. Robertson documents the history of Toluca, Illinois; Cokedale, Colorado; and Picher, Oklahoma, from the mineral discovery phase through mine closure, telling for the first time how these century-old mining towns have survived and how sense of place has played a vital role. Acknowledging the hardships that mining's social, environmental, and economic legacies have created for current residents, Robertson argues that the industry's influences also have contributed to the creation of strong, cohesive communities in which residents have always identified with the severe landscape and challenging, but rewarding way of life. Robertson contends that the tough, unpretentious appearance of mining landscapes mirrors qualities that residents value in themselves, confirming that a strong sense of place in mining regions, as elsewhere, is not necessarily wedded to an attractive aesthetic or even to a thriving economy.
Author : Austin Sarat
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839822961
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Studies in Law, Politics, and Society written by Austin Sarat and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines how law understands the past. Topics covered include the use of legal language to dehumanize slaves in the eighteenth century, the use of history by lawyers and judges to justify existing law or make changes to the law during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Author : Various
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429512430
Total Pages : 3458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)
Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies written by Various and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992-07-01 with total page 3458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of 12 volumes, originally published between 1938 and 2001, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on Leisure Studies, including works on young people and leisure, the family, and political influence on the leisure industry. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of sociology and leisure studies.
Author : Syed Fazal-e-Rab
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170993377
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Encyclopaedic Survey of Bihar written by Syed Fazal-e-Rab and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Haney
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 7170424169
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Mine Closure and its Impact on the Community written by Michael Haney and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert T. Moran
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136012656
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)
Download or read book International Business Case Studies For the Multicultural Marketplace written by Robert T. Moran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide presents specific, real-life examples of the strategies and tactics used by some of the world's most successful international businesses and organizations to excel in the global marketplace. Divided into six major sections, this important book features more than 30 case studies that span critical issues of international business--globalization; negotiation; marketing; product/service quality; joint ventures and strategic alliances; and culturally diverse workforces. Each case study focuses on a particular company, region, or management style to clearly illustrate proven techniques for capitalizing on the cultural diversity of people, products, and markets. With contributions from more than two dozen business executives and professors, spanning the globe from Japan, to Germany, China to Mexico, this casebook provides a broad spectrum of current and future approaches to acheiving international and cross-cultural business success.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1993-08 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Henry Schultz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1218 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Quantitative Pharmacological Studies written by William Henry Schultz and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nojiyeza, Innocent Simphiwe
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799888118
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Resource Management and the Struggle for Water Sustainability in Africa written by Nojiyeza, Innocent Simphiwe and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to water and sanitation remains a critical challenge in various countries in Africa. The crisis remains the crisis of governance rather than the physical and economic scarcity. In most countries, water is realized as a human right and subsidies are provided for the indigent households. The tricky issue in rural areas remains an issue of access that is often linked to willingness and ability to pay for the installation and daily consumption. The Handbook of Research on Resource Management and the Struggle for Water Sustainability in Africa presents practical examples of integrated water resources management (IWRM) implementation in African countries. It further addresses the contemporary issues of alternative energy as part of climate change mitigation and utilizes case studies to examine how communities adapt to climate change. Covering topics such as climate justice, ecological governance, and political ecology, this major reference work is a dynamic resource for government officials, sociologists, climate scientists, activists, students and educators of higher education, academicians, and researchers in the fields of social sciences, government, developmental studies, international relations, and political science.
Author : Elin Andreassen
Publisher : Tapir Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9788251924368
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Persistent Memories written by Elin Andreassen and published by Tapir Academic Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, the Russian Arctic Coal Company decided to end more than 50 years of continuous activity in Pyramiden, in the High Arctic archipelago of Norwegian Svalbard. The remarkably abrupt abandonment left behind a mining town devoid of humans, but it was still filled with items constituting a modern industrial settlement. Today, the well-equipped Pyramiden survives as a conspicuous Soviet-era ghost town in pristine Arctic nature. Based on fieldwork studies, Persistent Memories examines how people lived and coped in this marginal town. The book is also concerned with Pyramiden's post-human biography and the way the site provokes more general reflections on possessions, heritage, and memory. Challenging the traditional scholarly hierarchy of text over images, this book stands out by using art photography as a means to address these issues and to mediate the contemporary archaeology of Pyramiden.
Author : Janet MacGaffey
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1611485142
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)
Download or read book Coal Dust on Your Feet written by Janet MacGaffey and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal Dust on Your Feet is a historical ethnography of Shamokin, Pennsylvania and its surrounding borough of Coal Township. This anthracite coal fueled the industrial revolution and its miners generated the rise of organized labor, both of which make the region of northeast Pennsylvania one of great economic and historic importance. The ethnographic field site of the study spans a century and a half as it looks at the history and ties to the home countries of the immigrants who established and worked the coal mines. Details of individual lives and family histories enliven accounts of industry and the struggles of the unions, means of livelihood, ethnicity, associational life and ceremonial occasions. It will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists, scholars of urban studies and labor historians, and contributes to the canon of literature on community and sense of place. The study focuses on the rise and decline of the mining industry, on the ethnic groups that formed the town’s neighborhoods, and on the changes that have taken place in ethnicity, religion, class and community. It covers the period of prosperity when the factories of the New York garment industry moved into town for the middle years of the twentieth century and made Shamokin a shopping mecca. Today, the town is decimated by economic decline and population loss, but ethnicity remains an identity option and still has economic content. The strong sense of place of the people of the town rooted in their cultural and militant heritage, has given rise to a wider community of former residents who return to visit, participate in events and buy ethnic foods and cultural items. This wider community of belonging and identity helps to boost morale, sense of community and economy, in what is now primarily a retirement town with commuters traveling to work in nearby cities.
