Landscape as Arena and Spatial Narrative in the New River Gorge National River’s Coal Camps : A Case Study of the Elverton, West Virginia 1914 Strike

In this paper we examine a case study of Elverton, West Virginia as evidence of how external factors shape commemoration. Elverton was a small coal town and the site of a short, but successful labor uprising in 1914 during the peak of mining in West Virginia. We frame this case study from the perspe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Southeastern Geographer. - Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. - 55(2015), 4, Seite 474-494
1. Verfasser: LEEBRICK, RHIANNON A. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: MAPLES, JAMES N.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Southeastern Geographer
Schlagworte:Landscapes of memory coal landscape as arena spatial narrative commemoration Paisajes conmemorativos/de la memoria carbón paisaje como escenario narrativa espacial conmemoración mehr... Applied sciences Physical sciences Business Behavioral sciences Social sciences Political science