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Author Kelly, Brian, 1958-

Title Race, class, and power in the Alabama coalfields, 1908-21 / Brian Kelly.

Imprint Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  331.8812233 K295r 2001    ---  Available
Description ix, 264 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Series The working class in American history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-254) and index.
Contents The operator's dilemma -- The limits of reform from above -- "Friends" in high places : Racial paternalism and the Black miner -- White supremacy and working-class interracialism -- War, migration, and the revival of coalfield militancy -- "People here has come to a pass" : the 1920 Strike.
Subject Coal miners -- Labor unions -- Alabama -- History.
African American coal miners -- Alabama -- History.
African American labor union members -- Alabama -- History.
ISBN 0252069331 (pbk.)
0252026225 (alk. paper)

 
    
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