Coal Towns: Life, Work, and Culture in Company Towns of Southern Appalachia, 1880–1960: Shifflett, Crandall A.: Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 259 pp., Publication Date: September 1991

@article{Shapiro1993CoalTL,
  title={Coal Towns: Life, Work, and Culture in Company Towns of Southern Appalachia, 1880–1960: Shifflett, Crandall A.: Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 259 pp., Publication Date: September 1991},
  author={Stanley J. Shapiro},
  journal={History: Reviews of New Books},
  year={1993},
  volume={21},
  pages={61-61}
}
  • S. Shapiro
  • Published 1993
  • History
  • History: Reviews of New Books
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