A way of work and a way of life : coal mining in Thurber, Texas, 1888-1926 /

The coal mine represented much more than a way of making a living to the miners of Thurber, Texas, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--it represented a way of life. Coal mining dominated Thurber's work life, and miners dominated its social life. The large immigrant population...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rhinehart, Marilyn D., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1992.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Texas A & M southwestern studies ; no. 9.
Temas:
Coal miners > Texas > Thurber > History.
Coal mines and mining > Texas > Thurber > History.
Mineurs de charbon > Texas > Thurber > Histoire.
Charbon > Mines et extraction > Texas > Thurber > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Coal miners.
Coal mines and mining.
Mijnwerkers.
Kolenmijnen.
Texas > Thurber.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Laying the Foundation
  • II. The Subterranean Community
  • III. A Way of Life: Benevolent Despotism versus Worker Control
  • IV. The Struggle for the Individual and the Union, 1888-1903
  • V. Boom to Bust in Unionized Thurber.

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