Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster 9780813198996

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Автор: Catherine Venable Moore, Raymond Thompson, Rebecca Altman
Название: Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster
ISBN: 9780813198996
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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Фотографии: коллекции

История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Воздействие на общество катастрофических ситуаций

ISBN-10: 0813198992
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 150
Вес: 0.70 кг.
Дата издания: 13.03.2024
Серия: Appalachian futures: black, native, and queer voices
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 87 color illustrations
Размер: 224 x 266 x 17
Ключевые слова: Military history
Подзаголовок: A photographic reimagining of the hawks nest tunnel disaster
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In the early days of the Great Depression, the search for steady work drove hundreds of migrant laborers - many of whom were African American - from all over Appalachia to a rural area near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Union Carbide Corporation had begun construction on a three-mile tunnel to divert the New River, and many hands were needed. Toiling for five years in confined spaces with poor ventilation, no means of dust control, and limited use of personal breathing protection, the workers were repeatedly exposed to pure silica dust. Many developed silicosis, an incurable and debilitating lung disease that is estimated to have caused the deaths of nearly 800 workers, two-thirds of whom were Black. Soon after, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Labor classified silicosis as an occupational hazard. Despite the disasters impact, information about its severity was largely suppressed; a decision that ensured the event faded quickly from public memory. Aside from a small plaque at Hawks Nest State Park, which inaccurately admits to only 109 victims, there is little to mark the site of the worst industrial accident to date in the United States. In Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster, author Raymond Thompson Jr. explores the possibilities of that tragedy by reviving the faces and spaces of Hawks Nest. Using primary source materials to re-create the workers experiences in photographs, Thompson recontextualizes archival images to present a counter-archive that positions the Black experience at Hawks Nest within the larger story of the American labor landscape. His photographs and poetry give voice to the silenced, resisting revisionist narratives that often ignore the sacrifices of African Americans and erase their instrumental role in the development of Americas infrastructure.

Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster, Catherine Venable Moore, Raymond Thompson, Rebecca Altman