Labor, Loyalty, and Rebellion : Southwestern Illinois Coal Miners and World War I

• Autore: Weinberg Carl R
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2005; ©2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Disciplina: 331.88/122334/09773809041
• Soggetto topico: Coal miners - Illinois - History - 20th century; Coal mines and mining - Illinois - History - 20th century; Labor movement - Illinois - History - 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 - Illinois; World War, 1914-1918 - Economic aspects; World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Illinois Economic conditions 20th century; Illinois Social conditions 20th century
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Southwestern Illinois Coal Mining Region Map -- Introduction -- 1. The Southwestern Illinois Coalfields -- 2. "Lining Up the People with the Government -- 3. "To Scab upon This Great National Union" -- Gallery -- 4. "The Spanish Inquisition Has Reached the State of Illinois" -- 5. "White-Hot Mass Instinct" -- 6. "The Great Class War" -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- Author Bio.
• Sommario/riassunto: On April 5, 1918, as American troops fought German forces on the Western Front, German American coal miner Robert Prager was hanged from a tree outside Collinsville, Illinois, having been accused of disloyal utterances about the United States and chased out of town by a mob.
• Titolo autorizzato: Labor, Loyalty, and Rebellion
• ISBN: 0-8093-8842-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157802003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II