LEADER 03100nam 2200589 450 001 9910787212903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8151-8 010 $a0-8131-5044-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000333877 035 $a(EBL)1914998 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001432258 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11850312 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432258 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11390607 035 $a(PQKB)11447246 035 $a(OCoLC)651788424 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43721 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1914998 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11009667 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690680 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1914998 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000333877 100 $a20150206h20091987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlack coal miners in America $erace, class, and community conflict, 1780-1980 /$fRonald L. Lewis 205 $aPaperback edition. 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2009. 210 4$dİ1987 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-59398-1 311 $a0-8131-9274-9 320 $aBibliography: p. [227]-231. 327 $aCover; 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, 1910-1932 327 $aPart 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; Y 330 $aFrom 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 m 606 $aAfrican American coal miners$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American coal miners$xHistory. 676 $a331.6/396073 700 $aLewis$b Ronald L.$f1940-$0871534 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787212903321 996 $aBlack coal miners in America$93766310 997 $aUNINA