Black Coal Miners in America : Race, Class, and Community Conflict, 1780-1980 /

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From the early day of mining in colonial Virginia and Maryland up to the time of World War II, blacks were an important part of the labor force in the coal industry. Yet in this, as in other enterprises, their role has heretofore been largely ignored. Now Roland L. Lewis redresses the balance in thi...

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Autor principal: Lewis, Ronald L., 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Edición:Paperback edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
African American coal miners.
Mineurs de charbon noirs americains > Histoire.
African American coal miners > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Slavery
  • Convict labor
  • The social equality wedge in Alabama, 1880-1908
  • Resurgence of the UMWA in Alabama, 1920-1940
  • Job control & racial conflict in the North & West, 1870-1903
  • Race, class, community, & the UMWA in the North
  • Judicious mixture in central Appalachia, 1880-1920
  • The fruits of judicious mixture, 1910-1932
  • Demise of the black miner.

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