Energy Transition and the Local Community: A Theory of Society Applied to Hazleton, Pennsylvania

by Dan Rose

The worldwide shift from coal to oil-based technology was devastating for many local communities. Energy Transition and the Local Community is the story of one such community: Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Hazleton's economy, dependent solely on the mining of surrounding beds of anthracite coal, was destroyed by the changeover to oil. Yet Hazleton, when confronted with a catastrophic recession and a declining population, organized to attract new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812277929
• ISBN13: 9780812277920
• Release Date: July 1981
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary