Matewan before the massacre : politics, coal, and the roots of conflict in a West Virginia mining community

Matewan before the massacre : politics, coal, and the roots of conflict in a West Virginia mining community / [Rebecca J. Bailey].

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bailey, Rebecca J., 1966- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2008.
Series:West Virginia and Appalachia ; 8.
Subjects:
1897-1921
Coal mines and mining > West Virginia > Mingo County.
Strikes and lockouts > Coal mining > West Virginia > Mingo County.
West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Coal mines and mining
Strikes and lockouts > Coal mining
Mingo County (W. Va.) > History.
West Virginia
West Virginia > Mingo County
History
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Table of Contents:
  • "Bleeding Mingo": 1895-1911
  • The progressive era?
  • The Williamson-Thacker Coalfield falls behind
  • World War I and the rise of a class tensions
  • The massacre: before and after
  • Conclusion: the Matewan myth.

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