An Archaeology of Structural Violence: Life in a Twentieth-Century Coal Town

by Michael Roller

Drawing on material evidence from daily life in a Pennsylvania coal-mining town, this book offers an up-close view of the political economy of the United States over the course of the twentieth century. This community's story illustrates the great ironies of this era, showing how modernist progress and plenty were inseparable from the destructive cycles of capitalism. At the heart of this book is one of the bloodiest yet least-known acts of labor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081305608X
• ISBN13: 9780813056081
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"