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1 online resource (pages cm) |
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text file |
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Whither the union movement? is a question of old enough relevance in the U.S. to now seem almost anachronistic. Although unions are by no means entirely gone or lacking in political power, they and their potency are certainly diminished. With growing concerns about the direction of national politics, increasing income and power inequities, and signs of a receding middle class and increasing social division into haves and have nots, one can hear murmurs of union revival, but polls continue to show that many Americans distrust unions or consider them irrelevant to a modern service economy. Christian Wright digests what happened to one important American union, the United Mine Workers of America, over a fifty-year period, with particular focus on the coal miners of Carbon and Emery counties in Utah. Derived from his much more limited in scope but award-winning master's thesis at Northern Arizona University, this book manuscript places that story in a broader context of changes in the union movement and the nation. It draws on a variety of primary sources, including original research in the UMWA archives at Penn State and multiple oral history collections"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United Mine Workers of America -- History -- 20th century.
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United Mine Workers of America. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Labor unions -- Utah.
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Labor unions. |
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Utah. |
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Labor movement -- Utah -- Emery County.
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Labor movement. |
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Utah -- Emery County. |
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Labor movement -- Utah -- Carbon County.
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Utah -- Carbon County. |
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Coal miners -- Labor unions -- Utah -- Emery County.
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Coal miners -- Labor unions. |
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Coal miners -- Labor unions -- Utah -- Carbon County.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wright, Christian L., author. For this union to survive Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019] 9781607817246 (DLC) 2019009616 |
| ISBN |
1607817241 |
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9781607817246 (electronic book) |
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9781607817239 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781607817314 |
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1607817314 |
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