Download Which Side Are You On? The Harlan County Coal Miners 193139 John W Hevener 9780252070778 Books
Download Which Side Are You On? The Harlan County Coal Miners 193139 John W Hevener 9780252070778 Books
Download As PDF : Which Side Are You On? The Harlan County Coal Miners 193139 John W Hevener 9780252070778 Books
Detailing the dimensions of unionization and the balance of power spawned by New Deal labor policy after government intervention, this book is the definitive analysis of Harlan's bloody decade.
Download Which Side Are You On? The Harlan County Coal Miners 193139 John W Hevener 9780252070778 Books
"My family lived in Harlan, Kentucky on and off between 1920 and 1934. After my parents and my brother left Kentucky and I was born, they continued to tell stories about life in Harlan, the conflicts between the miners and the mine operators, efforts in public health and education, the role of the church, and so on. One particular story described the 1935 death of Elmon Middleton from dynamite attached to the starter of his car. My dad told this story so vividly that I could never forget it. So I decided to read about the setting, the times, and to look for documentation of this event, in preparation for writing a biography of my dad. Which Side Are You On? presents a comprehensive and detailed history of those times in that place. The author offers thorough documentation of the controversies and scholarly descriptions of social and economic conditions. For example, he explains the realities of transportation costs on the price of coal, along with the primitive nature of roads, bridges, and railroads in Eastern Kentucky; the need to stay competitive in pricing on the part of the companies; the inborn (Scots Irish?) reluctance of the miners to organize into unions; the racism and poverty endemic in the miners' camps; the habits of violence, in evidence long before the various efforts to unionize; and the lack of state-funded social and health services, as well as very poor public funding for roads and bridges."
Product details
|
Tags : Which Side Are You On? The Harlan County Coal Miners, 1931-39 [John W. Hevener] on . Detailing the dimensions of unionization and the balance of power spawned by New Deal labor policy after government intervention,John W. Hevener,Which Side Are You On? The Harlan County Coal Miners, 1931-39,University of Illinois Press,0252070771,BUS070000,Industries - General,Labor,Labor Industrial Relations - General,Coal miners - Labor unions - Kentucky - Harlan County - History,Coal miners;Labor unions;Kentucky;Harlan County;History.,Labor policy - United States - History - Case studies,Labor policy;United States;History;Case studies.,Strikes and lockouts - Coal mining - Kentucky - Harlan County - History,Strikes and lockouts;Coal mining;Kentucky;Harlan County;History.,United Mine Workers of America - History,BUSINESS ECONOMICS / Labor,Business Economics,Business Economics / Industries / General,Business/Economics,Case studies,Chemical And Mineral Industries (Economic Aspects),Coal miners,Coal mining,HISTORY / United States / 20th Century,Harlan County,History,History - U.S.,Kentucky,Labor Unions,Labor policy,Political Science / Labor Industrial Relations,Social history,Strikes and lockouts,Strikes and lockouts - Coal mining - Kentucky - Harlan County - History,Strikes and lockouts;Coal mining;Kentucky;Harlan County;History.,United Mine Workers of America - History,United States,United States - 20th Century,BUSINESS ECONOMICS / Labor,Business Economics / Industries / General,HISTORY / United States / 20th Century,Political Science / Labor Industrial Relations,United States - 20th Century,History - U.S.,Case studies,Coal miners,Coal mining,Harlan County,Kentucky,Labor policy,Strikes and lockouts,United States,Chemical And Mineral Industries (Economic Aspects),Labor Unions,Business Economics,Business/Economics,History,Social history
Which Side Are You On? The Harlan County Coal Miners 193139 John W Hevener 9780252070778 Books Reviews :
Which Side Are You On? The Harlan County Coal Miners 193139 John W Hevener 9780252070778 Books Reviews
- Informative, my grandfather was a Harlan co. miner in the 20's wish I could talk to him now.
- My family lived in Harlan, Kentucky on and off between 1920 and 1934. After my parents and my brother left Kentucky and I was born, they continued to tell stories about life in Harlan, the conflicts between the miners and the mine operators, efforts in public health and education, the role of the church, and so on. One particular story described the 1935 death of Elmon Middleton from dynamite attached to the starter of his car. My dad told this story so vividly that I could never forget it. So I decided to read about the setting, the times, and to look for documentation of this event, in preparation for writing a biography of my dad. Which Side Are You On? presents a comprehensive and detailed history of those times in that place. The author offers thorough documentation of the controversies and scholarly descriptions of social and economic conditions. For example, he explains the realities of transportation costs on the price of coal, along with the primitive nature of roads, bridges, and railroads in Eastern Kentucky; the need to stay competitive in pricing on the part of the companies; the inborn (Scots Irish?) reluctance of the miners to organize into unions; the racism and poverty endemic in the miners' camps; the habits of violence, in evidence long before the various efforts to unionize; and the lack of state-funded social and health services, as well as very poor public funding for roads and bridges.
Comments
Post a Comment