The Plight of the Bituminous Coal Miner /

A firsthand graphic account of the deplorable conditions in the Kentucky and West Virginia mines, covering the general economic problem and possible rehabilitation for the 200,000 miners who will be permanently out of work.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morris, Homer L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
Coal miners > Kentucky.
Coal miners > West Virginia.
Coal mines and mining > United States.
Bituminous coal.
Unemployed > United States.
Appalachians (People)
Mineurs de charbon > Virginie-Occidentale.
Charbon > Mines et extraction > États-Unis.
Charbon bitumineux.
Chômeurs > États-Unis.
bituminous coal.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy.
Bituminous coal
Coal miners
Coal mines and mining
Social conditions
Unemployed
Kentucky > Social conditions.
West Virginia > Social conditions.
Kentucky > Conditions sociales.
Virginie-Occidentale > Conditions sociales.
Kentucky
United States
West Virginia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • I. The Plight of the Coal Industry
  • II. How Many Miners Are Needed?
  • III. The Unemployed Miner and His Family
  • IV . "Once a Miner, Always a Miner"
  • V. The Training and Skill of Miners
  • VI. Living in Company- Controlled Communities
  • VII. Extent and Effects of Unemployment
  • VIII. What's the Miner Thinking?
  • IX. How can mining be improved?
  • X. The Economic Status of Miners
  • XI. What Do Miners Want to Do?
  • XII. The Rehabilitation of Displaced Miners
  • XIII. Rehabilitation
  • A frontier of Social Justice
  • Appendix: England Transfers Her Surplus Miners
  • Index

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