LEADER 00000cam 2200769Ki 4500 001 on1004378100 003 OCoLC 005 20190822071027.2 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 170920s2017 mdu ob 001 0 eng d 019 1007115386|a1012356589 020 9781421423197|q(electronic book) 020 1421423197|q(electronic book) 020 |z9781421423180 020 |z1421423189 035 (OCoLC)1004378100|z(OCoLC)1007115386|z(OCoLC)1012356589 037 4862746|bProquest Ebook Central 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dP@U|dYDX|dEBLCP|dMERUC|dUAB|dIDB |dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dEZ9|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO 043 n-us-pa 049 STJJ 050 4 F159.S4|bC66 2017eb 072 7 HIS|x036010|2bisacsh 072 7 HIS|x036080|2bisacsh 072 7 HIS|x036100|2bisacsh 082 04 974.8/37|223 084 HIS036000|aSCI026000|aLIT000000|2bisacsh 100 1 Conlogue, William,|eauthor. 245 10 Undermined in coal country :|bon the measures in a working land /|cBill Conlogue. 264 1 Baltimore :|bJohns Hopkins University Press,|c2017. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Preface: Working the Face ; Note; Acknowledgments; Timeline; One: Campus as Question ; Two: Wood ; Three: Fire ; Four: In the Gaps ; Five: Body Language ; Six: On Broken Ground ; Seven: Burying Books ; Conclusion: Working Home ; Notes; Works Cited; Index ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Photographs. 520 "Deep mining ended decades ago in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley. The barons who made their fortunes have moved on. Low wages and high unemployment haunt the area, and the people left behind wonder whether to stay or seek their fortunes elsewhere. Once dominated by the boom-and- busts of coal mining, the valley's shared history touches communities as far-flung as the Pacific Northwest, the Gulf Coast shorelines, and the mountains of West Virginia. Bill Conlogue explores how two overlapping coal country landscapes--Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Marywood University--have coped with the devastating aftermath of mining. Examining the far-reaching environmental effects of mining, including heavy deforestation, geological disruption, and mine fires, this beautifully written book asks bigger questions about what it means to influence a landscape to this extent--and then to live in it. In prose rivaling that of Annie Dillard and John McPhee, Conlogue describes a fascinating paradox: because of coal mining, the city and college have suffered, but the United States has grown stronger. Examining higher education through the lens of an unstable region still reeling from its industrial heritage, Undermined in Coal Country defends the study of literature and history as parts of an interdisciplinary web of meaning. Conlogue argues that, if we are serious about solving environmental problems, if we are serious about knowing where we are and what happens there, we need to attend closely to all places--that is, to attend to the world in a cold, dark, and disorienting universe. Unearthing new ways of thinking about place, pedagogy, and the environment, this meditative text reveals that place is inherently unstable"--|cProvided by publisher. 520 "Unearthing new ways of thinking about place, pedagogy, and the environment, "On the Measures" argues that place is unstable. To study dimensions of place, the book explores two working landscapes: 1) Scranton, Pennsylvania, an undermined, former coal-mining city, and 2) Marywood University, a Scranton institution that confronts the aftermath of mining. Scranton and Marywood have endured the narrative of extraction that the Anthracite Region once celebrated. Recounting removal of parts of this place to feed other places, the story defines loss here as gain there: the city and college have suffered but the United States has grown stronger. The tale ends badly, however, because the narrative arcs toward exhaustion; the storyline offers little about renewal. Growing up with this narrative, Scrantonians have been fleeing the city for decades; the dominant trend among young people has long been to learn here to move elsewhere. Too few environmental humanists have sufficiently examined the primary place where many work: the university. When they do, they often do not link the university to its local, regional, and national environmental contexts. In exploring where Conlogue teaches, he shows how bound up places of learning are with unsettling sites of resource extraction. Defending the study of literature and history, "On the Measures" shows university students that the disciplines they study are parts of an interdisciplinary web of meaning that includes the contexts of the places where they learn"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription MasterFILE Reference Collection 610 20 Marywood University|xHistory. 610 27 Marywood University.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00741722 650 0 Anthracite coal mines and mining|zPennsylvania|zScranton |xHistory. 650 0 Anthracite coal mines and mining|xSocial aspects |zPennsylvania|zScranton. 650 0 Anthracite coal mines and mining|xEnvironmental aspects |zPennsylvania|zScranton. 650 0 Place (Philosophy)|xSocial aspects|zPennsylvania |zScranton. 650 0 Community and college|zPennsylvania|zScranton. 650 7 HISTORY|zUnited States|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 SCIENCE|xEnvironmental Science.|2bisacsh 650 7 LITERARY CRITICISM|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY|zUnited States|xState & Local|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY|zUnited States|xState & Local|xMiddle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)|2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY|zUnited States|xState & Local|xNew England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)|2bisacsh 650 7 Anthracite coal mines and mining.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01739225 650 7 Community and college.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00870663 650 7 Ecology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901476 650 7 Social conditions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919811 651 0 Scranton (Pa.)|xHistory. 651 0 Scranton (Pa.)|xSocial conditions. 651 0 Scranton (Pa.)|xEnvironmental conditions. 651 7 Pennsylvania|zScranton.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01208014 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aConlogue, William.|tUndermined in coal country.|dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017 |z9781421423180|w(DLC) 2016052559|w(OCoLC)983559107 914 on1004378100 994 92|bSTJ
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