Multifaceted study of Pennsylvania's coal miners during the post-World War One era.
Bituminous coal miners in Central Pennsylvania were among the most militant and class-conscious workers in the United States in the post-World War I era. Class-Conscious Coal Miners examines the development of working-class consciousness as they fought to sustain their union, jobs, communities, and work pejoratives, what they described as the Miner's Freedom, against mechanization and operator open shop drives in the 1920s.
Their struggles brought them into conflict with coal companies, a pro-business federal government, and the business-unionist leadership of the United Mine Workers of America. After the collapse of the bituminous coal industry in Central Pennsylvania starting in the 1950s, working-class consciousness gradually diminished until, in the present century, there has been a marked shift toward political conservatism.
| ISBN: | 9781438497723 |
| Publication date: | 2nd November 2024 |
| Author: | Alan J Singer |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Labor Studies |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Social classes Political activism / Political engagement |
Multifaceted study of Pennsylvania's coal miners during the post-World War One era.Bituminous coal miners in Central Pennsylvania were among the most militant and class-conscious workers in the United States in the post-World War I era. Class-Conscious Coal Miners examines the development of working-class consciousness as they fought to sustain their union, jobs, communities, and work pejoratives, what they described as the Miner's Freedom, against mechanization and operator open shop drives in the 1920s.
Class-Conscious Coal Miners features in the following genres: History of the Americas, Social classes, Political activism / Political engagement
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Class-Conscious Coal Miners was written by Alan J Singer and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Class-Conscious Coal Miners has 256 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Labor Studies series
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