African American miners and migrants : the Eastern Kentucky Social Club /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wagner, Thomas E.
Other Authors: Obermiller, Phillip J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Eastern Kentucky Social Club > Biography.
Eastern Kentucky Social Club
African Americans > Societies, etc.
African Americans > Interviews.
African American coal miners > Kentucky > Social life and customs.
Mining camps > Kentucky > History.
Rural-urban migration > United States.
Mountain life > Kentucky.
Noirs américains > Associations.
Noirs américains > Entretiens.
Mineurs de charbon noirs américains > Kentucky > Mœurs et coutumes.
Camps de mineurs > Kentucky > Histoire.
Exode rural > États-Unis.
Vie en montagne > Kentucky.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
HISTORY > United States > General.
African Americans
Manners and customs
Mining camps
Mountain life
Rural-urban migration
Kentucky > Social life and customs.
Benham (Ky.) > Biography.
Lynch (Ky.) > Biography.
Kentucky > Mœurs et coutumes.
Kentucky
Kentucky > Benham
Kentucky > Lynch
United States
Biographies
History
Interviews
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Coming Up on the Rough Side of the Mountain: African Americans and Coal Camps in Appalachia
  • 2. Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair: African Americans in Coal Towns
  • 3. I Don't Know Where To, but We're Moving: African American Survival Strategies in Coal Towns
  • 4. Sing a Song of 'Welfare': Corporate Communities and Welfare Capitalism in Southeastern Kentucky
  • 5. Living Tolerably Well Together: Life in Model Towns along Looney Creek
  • 6. What Kept You Standing, Why Didn't You Fall?: African Americans in Benham and Lynch7. One Close Community: The Eastern Kentucky Social Club
  • 8. They Love Coming Home: Appalachian Ties That Bind
  • Afterword: Values, Spoken and Unspoken
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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