The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
From before the dawn of the 20th century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were 50,000 mine workers, the nation's largest labor union, and the legendary miners' angel,” Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis verging on civil war that stretched from the creeks and hollows to the courts and the US Senate. In The Devil is Here in These Hills, celebrated labor historian James Green tel…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8021-2331-2
- EAN: 9780802123312
- Produktnummer: 27420333
- Verlag: Atlantic Monthly Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.9 cm x D4.0 cm 730 g
- Gewicht: 730
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James Green is the author of five books, including Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America. Green received his PhD in history from Yale University and is a Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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