Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 239 pages, [8] pages of plates)
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Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813116104
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9780813116105
Inhalt:
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 m
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lewis, Ronald L., 1940- Black coal miners in America Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1987
Sprache:
Englisch
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