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Black coal miners in America : race, class, and community conflict, 1780-1980 / / Ronald L. Lewis



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Autore: Lewis Ronald L. <1940-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Black coal miners in America : race, class, and community conflict, 1780-1980 / / Ronald L. Lewis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009
©1987
Edizione: Paperback edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina: 331.6/396073
Soggetto topico: African American coal miners - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. [227]-231.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
Part 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
Sommario/riassunto: From 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
Titolo autorizzato: Black coal miners in America  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8131-8151-8
0-8131-5044-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910459628803321
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