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Thunder in the mountains : the West Virginia mine war, 1920-21 /
The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops. Before it was over, three West Virginia counties wer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
1990.
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| Colección: | Pittsburgh series in social and labor history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops. Before it was over, three West Virginia counties were in open rebellion, much of the state was under military rule, and bombers of the U.S. Army Air Corps had been dispatched against striking miners. The origins of this civil war were in the Draconian rule of the coal companies over the fiercely proud miners of Appalachia. It began in the small r. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: Elliston, Va. :Northcross House, 1986. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 195 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822971429 0822971429 |