LEADER 05022nam 2200853 450 001 9910787251103321 005 20211005061416.0 010 $a0-8232-6224-3 010 $a0-8232-6225-1 010 $a0-8232-6226-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780823262250 035 $a(CKB)3710000000290649 035 $a(EBL)3239955 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001404807 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12535260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001404807 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11382099 035 $a(PQKB)11745402 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239955 035 $a(OCoLC)900654577 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37919 035 $a(DE-B1597)555113 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780823262250 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239955 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10987135 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL818182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1884033 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1884033 035 $a(OCoLC)958500957 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30251509 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30251509 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000290649 100 $a20141125d2015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sons of Molly Maguire $ethe Irish roots of America's first labor war /$fMark Bulik 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cFordham University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (379 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8232-6223-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction: The Fountainhead --$t1. ?A Slumbering Volcano? --$t2. The Black Pig?s Realm --$t3. The Secret Societies --$t4. Land and Politics --$t5. The Molly Maguires --$t6. Brotherly Love --$t7. The Hibernians --$t8. Another Ulster --$t9. Resurrection --$t10. ?Brave Sons of Molly? --$t11. Mars in Mahantango --$t12. ?A Damned Hard Hole? --$t13. ?A Howling Wilderness? --$t14. Parting Shots --$t15. The Road to Black Thursday --$t16. Shadows of the Gunmen --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aSensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivating exploration of the roots of the Molly Maguires. A secret society of peasant assassins in Ireland that re-emerged in Pennsylvania?s hard-coal region, the Mollies organized strikes, murdered mine bosses, and fought the Civil War draft. Their shadowy twelve-year duel with all powerful coal companies marked the beginning of class warfare in America. But little has been written about the origins of this struggle and the folk culture that informed everything about the Mollies. A rare book about the birth of the secret society, The Sons of Molly Maguire delves into the lost world of peasant Ireland to uncover the astonishing links between the folk justice of the Mollies and the folk drama of the Mummers, who performed a holiday play that always ended in a mock killing. The link not only explains much about Ireland?s Molly Maguires?where the name came from, why the killers wore women?s clothing, why they struck around holidays?but also sheds new light on the Mollies? re-emergence in Pennsylvania. The book follows the Irish to the anthracite region, which was transformed into another Ulster by ethnic, religious, political, and economic conflicts. It charts the rise there of an Irish secret society and a particularly political form of Mummery just before the Civil War, shows why Molly violence was resurrected amid wartime strikes and conscription, and explores how the cradle of the American Mollies became a bastion of later labor activism. Combining sweeping history with an intensely local focus, The Sons of Molly Maguire is the captivating story of when, where, how, and why the first of America?s labor wars began. 606 $aCoal miners$zPennsylvania$xHistory 606 $aIrish Americans$zPennsylvania$xHistory 606 $aIrish Americans$zPennsylvania$xSocial conditions 606 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)$2bisacsh 610 $aCoal. 610 $aIrish Americans. 610 $aIrish culture. 610 $aMiners. 610 $aMolly Maguires. 610 $aMummers. 610 $aPennsylvania History. 610 $aThe Civil War. 610 $aThe Potato Famine. 610 $aThe labor movement. 615 0$aCoal miners$xHistory. 615 0$aIrish Americans$xHistory. 615 0$aIrish Americans$xSocial conditions. 615 7$aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). 676 $a364.10609748 700 $aBulik$b Mark$01540809 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787251103321 996 $aThe sons of Molly Maguire$93792645 997 $aUNINA