Making sense of the Molly Maguires [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin Kenny
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| Autore: |
Kenny Kevin <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Making sense of the Molly Maguires [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin Kenny
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.10609748 |
| 973.82 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Coal miners - Pennsylvania - History |
| Irish Americans - Pennsylvania - History | |
| Irish Americans - Pennsylvania - Social conditions | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-328) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Abbreviations Used in Footnotes; Introduction; 1 Whiteboys, Ribbonmen, and Molly Maguires; 2 The World of Anthracite; 3 Enter the Molly Maguires; 4 The Rise of a Labor Movement; 5 The Reading Railroad Takes Control; 6 The Return of the Molly Maguires; 7 Rough Justice; 8 The Molly Maguires on Trial; 9 Black Thursday; Epilogue; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A group of 20 Irish immigrants, suspected of comprising a secret terrorist organization called the ""Molly Maguires"", were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870's for the murder of 16 men. This work offers a new interpretation of their dramatic story, tracing the origins of the group. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Making sense of the Molly Maguires |
| ISBN: | 1-280-76096-6 |
| 0-19-802662-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454009003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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