Community economic identity: The coal industry and ideology construction in west virginia

Rural Sociology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-143

  Bell, Shannon Elizabeth ^a   York, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; COAL PRODUCTION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; EMPLOYMENT; HEGEMONY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IDEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MARKET TRANSITION; POLITICAL POWER;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 77955696713     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2009.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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