The Herrin Massacre of 1922 : blood and coal in the heart of America /

""In 1922, a coal miner strike spread across the United States, swallowing the heavily-unionized mining town of Herrin, Illinois. When the owner of the town's local mine hired non-union workers to break the strike, violent conflict broke out between the strikebreakers and unionized mi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bailey, Greg, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Temas:
1900-1999
Strikes and lockouts > Coal mining > Illinois > Herrin > History > 20th century.
Strikebreakers > Illinois > Herrin > History > 20th century.
Coal miners > Labor unions > Illinois > Herrin > History > 20th century.
Massacres > Illinois > Herrin > History > 20th century.
Coal miners > Labor unions
Massacres
Strikebreakers
Strikes and lockouts > Coal mining
Herrin (Ill.) > History > 20th century.
Illinois > Herrin
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: 1922
  • From the Earth
  • The Liveliest Place in Southern Illinois
  • Overburden
  • Detonators
  • First Blood
  • Stop the Breed of Them
  • Outrage
  • Trials
  • Prisms
  • Aftermath
  • Epilogue: Herrin Today.

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