| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 93.3

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Book Review

The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century. By Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005. x, 277 pp. Cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-8014-3469-6. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8014-8473-1.)

Over the past thirty years, the United States has made a transition to a service- and knowledge-based economy, with deindustrialization as a central feature of that transition. However, before the rust belt's creation, the nation witnessed the collapse of the Anthracite coal industry, which is the subject of Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht's excellent new study, The Face of Decline. The book begins with the industry's creation and growth during the nineteenth century. Here, the authors cover well-known topics in American labor history, including Anthracite's discovery, the industry's development and consolidation, as well as the rebellion and trial of the Molly Maguires. The authors also give considerable attention to the successful 1902 strike lead by John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) against the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad for the eight hour day.

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