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Autore: | Kenny Kevin <1960-> |
Titolo: | Making sense of the Molly Maguires [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin Kenny |
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 |
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