02808nam 2200613Ia 450 991078095210332120230207231056.01-58729-895-3(CKB)2520000000008355(EBL)843219(OCoLC)551774738(SSID)ssj0000335476(PQKBManifestationID)11230860(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335476(PQKBWorkID)10273974(PQKB)10113888(MiAaPQ)EBC843219(MdBmJHUP)muse9283(Au-PeEL)EBL843219(CaPaEBR)ebr10354581(EXLCZ)99252000000000835520021213e20031987 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBuxton[electronic resource] a Black utopia in the heartland /Dorothy Schwieder, Joseph Hraba and Elmer SchwiederAn expanded ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Pressc20031 online resource (277 p.)Bur oak bookOriginal subtitle: Work and racial equality in a coal mining community.0-87745-852-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-246) and index.CONTENTS; A Buxton Retrospective: Introduction to the 2003 Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Muchakinock: Buxton's Historical Antecedent; 2. The Creation of a Community; 3. Workers in a Company Town; 4. The Consolidation Coal Company; 5. Family Life; 6. Ethnicity; 7. Buxton and Haydock: The Final Years; 8. A Perspective; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexFrom 1900 until the early 1920's, an unusual community existed in America's heartland-Buxton, Iowa. Originally established by the Consolidation Coal Company, Buxton was the largest unincorporated coal mining community in Iowa. What made Buxton unique, however, is the fact that the majority of its 5,000 residents were African Americans-a highly unusual racial composition for a state which was over 90 percent white. At a time when both southern and northern blacks were disadvantaged and oppressed, blacks in Buxton enjoyed true racial integration-steady employment, above-average wages, decentBur oak book.Coal minersIowaBuxtonBuxton (Iowa)Race relationsBuxton (Iowa)Social conditionsCoal miners305.9/622977.00496073Schwieder Dorothy1933-901899Hraba Joseph1507747Schwieder Elmer1925-1507748MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780952103321Buxton3738705UNINA