Life Work And Rebellion In The Coal Fields
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| Author | : David Corbin |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780252008955 |
"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.
| Author | : David Corbin |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9781940425795 |
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.
| Author | : David Corbin |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1162 |
| Release | : 1978 |
| Genre | : Coal miners |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : David Corbin |
| Publisher | : Urbana : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
"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.
| Author | : Karin A. Shapiro |
| Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 2017-11-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0807867055 |
In 1891, thousands of Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the state's coal companies, eventually engulfing five mountain communities in a rebellion against government authority. Propelled by the insurgent sensibilities of Populism and Gilded Age unionism, the miners initially sought to abolish the convict lease system through legal challenges and legislative lobbying. When nonviolent tactics failed to achieve reform, the predominantly white miners repeatedly seized control of the stockades and expelled the mostly black convicts from the mining districts. Insurrection hastened the demise of convict leasing in Tennessee, though at the cost of greatly weakening organized labor in the state's coal regions. Exhaustively researched and vividly written, A New South Rebellion brings to life the hopes that rural southerners invested in industrialization and the political tensions that could result when their aspirations were not met. Karin Shapiro skillfully analyzes the place of convict labor in southern economic development, the contested meanings of citizenship in late-nineteenth-century America, the weaknesses of Populist-era reform politics, and the fluidity of race relations during the early years of Jim Crow.
| Author | : James Green |
| Publisher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
| Total Pages | : 447 |
| Release | : 2015-02-03 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0802192092 |
“The most comprehensive and comprehendible history of the West Virginia Coal War I’ve ever read.” —John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, and deadliest working-class uprising in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were fifty thousand mine workers, the nation’s largest labor union, and the legendary “miners’ angel,” Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis that verged on civil war, stretching from the creeks and hollows of the Appalachians to the US Senate. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. Fundamental rights were bent—then broken. The violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict, as an army of more than fifty thousand miners finally marched to an explosive showdown. Extensively researched and vividly told, this definitive book about an often-overlooked chapter of American history, “gives this backwoods struggle between capital and labor the due it deserves. [Green] tells a dark, often despairing story from a century ago that rings true today” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
| Author | : Elliott J. Gorn |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2002-04-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780809070947 |
"[Biography of the] celebrated organizer and agitator, the very soul of protest movements in the early twentieth century."--Jacket.
| Author | : David Corbin |
| Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 608 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 161234500X |
The falcon of the Senate.
| Author | : Brit Hume |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1971 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Study of working conditions and labour relations in the coal mining industry in the USA, with particular reference to the activities of the united mine workers trade union - outlines the growth of the umw, strike and unofficial strike activities, collective bargaining issues, occupational accidents and occupational disease resulting from a lack of occupational safety standards, political aspects, etc., and comments on relevant labour legislation. Illustrations.
| Author | : Joe William Trotter |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 1991-11-22 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780253206695 |
"The essays collected in this book represent the best of our present understanding of the African-American migration which began in the early twentieth century." —Southern Historian "As an overview of a field in transition, this is a valuable and deeply thought-provoking anthology." —Pennsylvania History " . . . provocative and informative . . . " —Louisiana History "The papers themselves are uniformly strong, and read together cast interesting light upon one another." —Georgia Historical Quarterly " . . . well-written and insightful essays . . . " —Journal of American History "This well-researched and well-documented collection represents the latest scholarship on the black migration." —Illinois Historical Journal " . . . an impressive balance of theory and historical content . . . " —Indiana Magazine of History Legions of black Americans left the South to migrate to the jobs of the North, from the meat-packing plants of Chicago to the shipyards of Richmond, California. These essays analyze the role of African Americans in shaping their own geographical movement, emphasizing the role of black kin, friend, and communal network. Contributors include Darlene Clark Hine, Peter Gottlieb, James R. Grossman, Earl Lewis, Shirley Ann Moore, and Joe William Trotter, Jr.
