Smokestacks in the hills : rural-industrial workers in West Virginia /
Long considered an urban phenomenon, industrialization also transformed the American countryside. Lou Martin weaves the narrative of how the relocation of steel and pottery factories to Hancock County, West Virginia, created a rural and small-town working class - and what that meant for communities...
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Main Author: | Martin, Lou (Author) |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Urbana, IL :
University of Illinois Press,
[2015]
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Series: | Working class in American history.
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