Life, work, and rebellion in the coal fields : the southern West Virginia miners 1880-1922 /
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 mi...
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Main Author: | Corbin, David (Author) |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Morgantown [West Virginia] :
West Virginia University Press,
2015.
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015. |
Edition: | Second edition. |
Series: | West Virginia and Appalachia.
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