{"product_id":"lake-of-coal-the-disappearance-of-a-mining-township-by-david-cook","title":"Lake of Coal The Disappearance of a Mining Township By David Cook.","description":"\u003cp\u003eLake of Coal\u003cbr\u003eThe Disappearance of a Mining Township\u003cbr\u003eBy David Cook.\u003cbr\u003eVERY SCARCE AND OUT OF PRINT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher:\u003cbr\u003ePotton \u0026amp; Burton, 2006, first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good softback, some creasing to spine and minor rubbing shelf-wear otherwise near new with no inscriptions.\u003cbr\u003e216 pages, illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRotowaro was once a mining township on the Waikato coalfields west of Huntly. Situated in the path of an opencast mine, it was entirely removed in the late 1980s to access coal for the Huntly Power Station. The destruction of this community is the subject of Lake of Coal, a 20 year photo-documentary project by New Zealand photographer David Cook. Originally initiated by the Waikato Museum of Art and History this groundbreaking book is a complex weave of photographs and text, a multi-layered work of social history that tells the story of Rotowaro from the point of view of the tangata whenua, the workers, their families, management and the photographer himself. Lake of Coal puts a human face on the economic realities of the late twentieth century and asks the questions: What does coal mining mean on a local level? What happens when a community loses the ground beneath its feet?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038364008695,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_1646_2b75a7bd-7efa-454c-97b8-50b0d2e63ef9.jpg?v=1787023649","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-de\/products\/lake-of-coal-the-disappearance-of-a-mining-township-by-david-cook","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}