ISBN:
9781940425801
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1940425808
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (1 PDF (xxiii, 312 pages)
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illustrations.
Edition:
Second edition
Series Statement:
West Virginia and Appalachia
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.56209754
Keywords:
Working class History
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West Virginia
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Coal miners Labor unions
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History
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West Virginia
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Labor disputes History
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West Virginia
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Coal miners History
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West Virginia
;
West Virginia
;
Working class History
;
Coal miners Labor unions
;
History
;
Labor disputes History
;
Coal miners History
;
Labor disputes History
;
Coal miners Labor unions
;
History
;
Working class History
;
Coal miners History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Coal miners
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Coal miners ; Labor unions
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Labor disputes
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Working class
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History
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West Virginia
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Electronic books
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
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. This second edition contains a new preface and afterword by author David A. Corbin
Description / Table of Contents:
PrefaceAcknowledgments -- 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."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index. - Print version record
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index
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