Democratic miners : work and labor relations in the anthracite coal industry, 1875-1925 /

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Author / Creator:	Blatz, Perry K.
Imprint:	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1994.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in American labor history SUNY series in American labor history.
Subject:	United Mine Workers of America -- History. United Mine Workers of America. Coal miners -- United States -- History. Anthracite coal industry -- United States -- History. Coal miners -- Labor unions -- United States -- History. Anthracite coal industry. Coal miners. Coal miners -- Labor unions. United States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11102382

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ISBN:	0585044546 9780585044545 0791418197 0791418200 9780791418192 9780791418208
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-358) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Democratic Miners traces the history of work and labor relations in the anthracite coal industry, focusing on conditions that led up to, and followed, the famous strike of 1902. That strike, an epic five-and-a-half month struggle, led the federal government to intervene in a labor dispute for the first time in American history. Focusing on the workplace, Blatz puts the 1902 strike in the context of a turbulent half-century of labor-management relations. Those years saw the unionization of the anthracite fields under the United Mine Workers of America, amidst an evolving democratic tradition of rank-and-file protest against corporate control, and ironically ended with a growing rift between miners and union leadership. Unlike many books on labor relations, this work concentrates especially on the workers themselves. Working-class as opposed to union history, it contributes greatly to our understanding of working-class formation in the Progressive years.
Other form:	Print version: Blatz, Perry K. Democratic miners. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1994 0791418197

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