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Author : Priscilla Long
Release : 1989
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Where the Sun Never Shines by : Priscilla Long
Download or read book Where the Sun Never Shines written by Priscilla Long. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Roy
Release : 1907
Genre : Coal miners
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Book Synopsis A History of the Coal Miners of the United States by : Andrew Roy
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Author : Ronald L. Lewis
Release : 2014-07-11
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Black Coal Miners in America by : Ronald L. Lewis
Download or read book Black Coal Miners in America written by Ronald L. Lewis. This book was released on 2014-07-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 miners. Using this approach, Lewis finds five distractive systems of race relations. There was in the South before and after the Civil War a system of slavery and convict labor -- an enforced servitude without legal compensation. This was succeeded by an exploitative system whereby the southern coal operators, using race as an excuse, paid lower wages to blacks and thus succeeded in depressing the entire wage scale. By contrast, in northern and midwestern mines, the pattern was to exclude blacks from the industry so that whites could control their jobs and their communities. In the central Appalachians, although blacks enjoyed greater social equality, the mine operators manipulated racial tensions to keep the work force divided and therefore weak. Finally, with the advent of mechanization, black laborers were displaced from the mines to such an extent that their presence in the coal fields in now nearly a thing of the past. By analyzing the ways race, class, and community shaped social relations in the coal fields, Black Coal Miners in America makes a major contribution to the understanding of regional, labor, social, and African-American history.
Author : Andrew Roy
Release : 1985
Genre : Coal miners
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Book Synopsis A History of the Coal Miners of the United States by : Andrew Roy
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Author : Andrew Roy
Release : 2023-07-18
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Book Synopsis A History of the Coal Miners of the United States, From the Development of the Mines to the Close of the Anthracite Strike of 1902, Including a Brief Sketch of Early British Miners by : Andrew Roy
Download or read book A History of the Coal Miners of the United States, From the Development of the Mines to the Close of the Anthracite Strike of 1902, Including a Brief Sketch of Early British Miners written by Andrew Roy. This book was released on 2023-07-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development and history of the coal mining industry in America, including the contributions and struggles of early British miners and the working conditions and strikes faced by American miners. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
