| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF (xxiii, 312 pages) :) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
West Virginia and Appalachia
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West Virginia and Appalachia.
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Note |
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 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." |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Working class -- West Virginia -- History.
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Working class. |
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West Virginia. |
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History. |
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Coal miners -- Labor unions -- West Virginia -- History.
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Coal miners -- Labor unions. |
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Labor disputes -- West Virginia -- History.
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Labor disputes. |
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Coal miners -- West Virginia -- History.
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Coal miners. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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Project Muse.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1940425794 9781940425795 |
| ISBN |
9781940425801 |
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1940425808 |
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9781940425795 |
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1940425794 |
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