Life, work, and rebellion in the coal fields
the southern West Virginia miners 1880-1922
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Author
Publication
1981 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, United States
Language
English
Word Count
73,500 words, Guess
Page Count
294 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100252008502
- ISBN-100252008952
- ISBN-139780252008504
- ISBN-139780252008955
- LibraryThing1262054
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number80025493
- OCLC Control Number6890155
- Better World Books9780252008955
- Better World Books9780252008504
- Open LibraryOL22012872M
Classifications
- DDC331/.0422334/097544
- LCCHD8039.M62U6
- LCCHD8039.M62 U61775
Description
"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 mine guards. These events resulted in an untold number of deaths, indictments of over 550 coal miners for insurrection and treason, and four declarations of martial law. Corbin argues that these violent events were collective and militant acts of aggression interconnected and conditioned by decades of oppression. His study goes a long way toward breaking down the old stereotypes of Appalachian and coal-mining culture"--Back cover.
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- The Working class in American history
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