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Poor Man's Fortune : White Working-Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850–1950 / Jarod Roll

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]

1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

978-1-4696-5631-1 ; 1-4696-5631-0

OCoLC: 1286740406     

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LOC-SH: White nationalism ; Masculinity -- Economic aspects ; Conservatism -- History -- Tri-State Mining District ; Working class men -- Attitudes ; Working class white people -- Attitudes ; Miners -- History -- 20th century -- Tri-State Mining District ; Miners -- History -- 19th century -- Tri-State Mining District

Working class whites ; Attitudes ; Masculinity ; Economic aspects ; Conservatism ; Tri-State Mining District ; History ; Working class men ; Attitudes ; Miners ; Tri-State Mining District ; History ; 20th century ; Miners ; Tri-State Mining District ; History ; 19th century ; Working class white people ; Attitudes ; White nationalism ; Hommes de la classe ouvriere ; Attitudes ; Blancs de la classe ouvriere ; Attitudes ; HISTORY ; United States ; General ; Nationalisme blanc ; Masculinite ; Aspect economique ; Miners ; Conservatism ; History

"White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, 'Poor Man's Fortune' tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the century from the Civil War to World War II. With a close study of metal miners in the Tri-State district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, Jarod Roll reveals why successive generations of white, native-born men willingly and repeatedly opposed labor unions and government-led health and safety reforms, even during the New Deal"--