Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields: The Southern West Virginia Miners, 1880-1922

by David Corbin

Book Overview

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 mine guards. These events resulted in an untold number of deaths, indictments of over 550 coal miners for insurrection and treason, and four declarations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252008952
• ISBN13: 9780252008955
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"