03100nam 2200589 450 991078721290332120200520144314.00-8131-8151-80-8131-5044-2(CKB)3710000000333877(EBL)1914998(SSID)ssj0001432258(PQKBManifestationID)11850312(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432258(PQKBWorkID)11390607(PQKB)11447246(OCoLC)651788424(MdBmJHUP)muse43721(Au-PeEL)EBL1914998(CaPaEBR)ebr11009667(CaONFJC)MIL690680(MiAaPQ)EBC1914998(EXLCZ)99371000000033387720150206h20091987 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlack coal miners in America race, class, and community conflict, 1780-1980 /Ronald L. LewisPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2009.©19871 online resource (264 p.)Includes index.1-322-59398-1 0-8131-9274-9 Bibliography: p. [227]-231.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Part I: Expropriation: Forced Labor; 1. Slavery; 2. Convict Labor; Part II: Exploitation: The South; 3. The Social Equality Wedge in Alabama, 1880-1908; 4. Resurgence of the UMWA in Alabama, 1920-1940; Part III: Exclusion: The North; 5. Job Control & Racial Conflict in the North & West, 1870-1903; 6. Race, Class, Community, & the UMWA in the North; Photographs; Part IV: Equality: Central Appalachia; 7. Judicious Mixture in Central Appalachia, 1880-1920; 8. The Fruits of Judicious Mixture, 1910-1932Part V: Elimination: An Epilogue9. Demise of the Black Miner; Appendix: Employment of Blacks in the Bituminous Coal Industry, 1900-1980; Notes; Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YFrom the early day of mining in colonial Virginia and Maryland up to the time of World War II, blacks were an important part of the labor force in the coal industry. Yet in this, as in other enterprises, their role has heretofore been largely ignored. Now Roland L. Lewis redresses the balance in this comprehensive history of black coal miners in America. The experience of blacks in the industry has varied widely over time and by region, and the approach of this study is therefore more comparative than chronological. Its aim is to define the patterns of race relations that prevailed among the mAfrican American coal minersHistoryAfrican American coal minersHistory.331.6/396073Lewis Ronald L.1940-871534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787212903321Black coal miners in America3766310UNINA