Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields
The Southern West Virginia Miners, 1880-1922 2nd Edition
West Virginia University Press · Print & ebook · October 1, 2015
Between 1880 and 1922, the coal fields of southern West Virginia witnessed two bloody and protracted strikes, the formation of two competing unions, and the largest armed conflict in American labor history—a week-long battle between 20,000 coal miners and 5,000 state police, deputy sheriffs, and mine guards.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in southern West Virginia labor history
- Themes
- Coal-miner labor conflict, Oppression and collective resistance, Appalachian coal-mining culture
- Genres
- Southern U.S. History, Labor & Industrial Relations, 19th-Century America
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Between 1880 and 1922, the coal fields of southern West Virginia witnessed two bloody and protracted strikes, the formation of two competing unions, and the largest armed conflict in American labor history—a week-long battle between 20,000 coal miners and 5,000 state police, deputy sheriffs, and mine guards. These events resulted in an untold number of deaths, indictments of over 550 coal miners for insurrection and treason, and four declarations of martial law.
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Corbin argues that these violent events were collective and militant acts of aggression interconnected and conditioned by decades of oppression. His study goes a long way toward breaking down the old stereotypes of Appalachian and coal mining culture. This second edition contains a new preface and afterword by author David A. Corbin.
Where it sits
| Southern U.S. History | 78% |
|---|---|
| Labor & Industrial Relations | 56% |
| 19th-Century America | 35% |
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Publisher categories
- Southern U.S. History
- Labor & Industrial Relations
- Fossil Fuel Energy
- Authors
- David Corbin
- Publisher
- West Virginia University Press
- Published
- October 1, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Coal-miner labor conflict · Oppression and collective resistance · Appalachian coal-mining culture
- Reading lane
- Southern U.S. History