Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World

Karen Christensen; David Levinson

doi:10.4135/9781412952583

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In:Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583
Subject:Community Psychology, Sociology of Communities
Keywords:mining towns

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Mining towns have existed since antiquity. In the United States, their heyday lasted from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, but they continue to thrive in places as diverse as Canada, Russia, Chile, and South Africa. The term town suggests some ...

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  Christensen, K., & Levinson, D. (2003). Mining towns. In Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World (Vol. 4, pp. 925-925). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583
  
  Christensen, Karen, and David Levinson. "Mining Towns." In Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, edited by Christensen, Karen, and David Levinson, 925-925. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583.
  
  Christensen, K. and Levinson, D. 2003. Mining Towns. In: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Karen Christensen and David Levinson Editors, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 925 Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583> [Accessed 3 Dec 2023].
  
  Christensen, Karen and David Levinson. "Mining Towns." Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Edited by Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003, pp. 925-925. Sage Knowledge, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952583.
  
  Christensen, Karen, and David Levinson. Mining towns. In Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2003: 925-925. doi:10.4135/9781412952583
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