Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields : The Southern West Virginia Miners, 1880-1922 2nd Edition /

Between 1880 and 1922, the coal fields of southern West Virginia witnessed two bloody and protracted strikes, the formation of two competing unions, and the largest armed conflict in American labor history--a week-long battle between 20,000 coal miners and 5,000 state police, deputy sheriffs, and mi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Corbin, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:West Virginia and Appalachia.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Working class > West Virginia > History.
Coal miners > Labor unions > West Virginia > History.
Labor disputes > West Virginia > History.
Coal miners > West Virginia > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • "Coal is our existence"
  • "What kind of animals"
  • Class over caste : interracial solidarity in the company town
  • "Solidarity forever"
  • Conspiracies and control
  • "We shall not be moved"
  • A war for democracy
  • "I'm gonna fight for my union"
  • "Land of the free, home of the brave"
  • Afterword : "so it is with West Virginia."

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