Understanding Coal Country
  • 19th Century
  • 20th Century
  • Coal Culture
  • Links & Resources

Our Resources:


Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Growing Up in Coal Country. New York: HMH Books for Young Readers, 1999. Print.

Mine Safety and Health Administration. A Pictorial Walk Through the 20th Century: Little
Miners
. United States Department of Labor. Web. 1 Oct. 2016.
 
Dublin, Thomas, and Walter Licht. The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in
the Twentieth Century
. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2005. Print.

Healey, Richard, The Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Industry, 1860-1902: Economic Cycles,
Business Decision-making and Regional Dynamics
. University of Scranton, 2007. Print.
 
Wallace, Anthony F.C., and Paul A.W. Wallace, The Old Country in the New
World
. American Philosophical Society. Web. 2 Oct. 2016.

MacGaffey, Janet. Coal Dust on Your Feet : The Rise, Decline, and Restoration of an Anthracite Mining
Town
. Blue Ridge Summit: Bucknell University Press, 2013. Ebook Library. Web. 01 Oct. 2016.

Rota, Kara. Butte: Montana's Irish Mining Town. Irishamerica.com. Irish America, Sept. 2010. Web. 01
Oct. 2016.  irishamerica.com/2010/08/montanas-mining-town/

Additional Links:

Stories from PA History: Mining Anthracite
Execution of Molly Maguires
The Molly Maguires by Wayne G. Broehl, 1964.
Making Sense of the Molly Maguires by Kevin Kenny, 1998.
The Molly Maguires (1970 Film)
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