02863nam 2200577 450 991081286400332120200520144314.00-8131-8621-80-8131-6319-6(CKB)3710000000334356(EBL)1915556(SSID)ssj0001433106(PQKBManifestationID)11995089(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001433106(PQKBWorkID)11407322(PQKB)10167283(OCoLC)900344991(MdBmJHUP)muse44583(Au-PeEL)EBL1915556(CaPaEBR)ebr11005507(CaONFJC)MIL691283(MiAaPQ)EBC1915556(EXLCZ)99371000000033435620150122h19761976 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCoal-mining safety in the progressive period the political economy of reform /William GraebnerLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1976.©19761 online resource (257 p.)"Published for the Organization of American Historians."1-322-60001-5 0-8131-5273-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Business, Bureaucracy, and National Reform; 2. Technology and Politics in the Federal Bureaucracy; 3. Legislation and Enforcement in the States; 4. The Miner and the Union; 5. The Operator as Victim; 6. Coal-Mining Safety and the Progressive Period; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Bibliography of Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThrough the first decade of the twentieth century, Americans looked upon industrial accidents with callous disregard; they were accepted as an unfortunate but necessary adjunct to industrial society. A series of mine disasters in December 1907 (including one in Monongah, West Virginia, which took a toll of 361 lives) shook the public, at least temporarily, out of its lethargy. In this award-winning study, author William Graebner traces the development of mine safety reform in the years immediately following these tragic events. Reform activities during the Progressive period centered on the BuCoal mines and miningUnited StatesSafety measuresHistoryCoal mines and miningSafety measuresHistory.622/.8Graebner William1702226Organization of American Historians.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812864003321Coal-mining safety in the progressive period4086621UNINA