When Coal was King
Author: Louis Poliniak
Publisher: Applied Arts Pub
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780911410266
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Louis Poliniak
Publisher: Applied Arts Pub
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780911410266
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Roderick Hinde
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780774809368
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The town of Ladysmith was one of the most important coal-mining communities on Vancouver Island during the early twentieth century. The Ladysmith miners had a reputation for radicalism and militancy and engaged in bitter struggles for union recognition and economic justice, most notably during the Great Strike of 1912-14. This strike, one of the longest and most violent labour disputes in Canadian history, marked a watershed in the history of the town and the coal industry. When Coal Was King illuminates the origins of the 1912-14 strike by examining the development of the coal industry on Vancouver Island, the founding of Ladysmith, the experience of work and safety in the mines, the process of political and economic mobilization, and how these factors contributed to the development of identity and community. While the Vancouver Island coal industry and the strike have been the focus of a number of popular histories, this book goes beyond to emphasize the importance of class, ethnicity, gender, and community in creating the conditions for the emergence and mobilization of the working-class population. Informed by currend academic debates on the matter and within the discipline, this readable history takes into account extensive archival research, and will appeal to historians and others interested in the history of Vancouver Island.
Author: Upton Sinclair
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2023-05-01T21:43:50Z
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →King Coal explores the lives of coal miners in early 20th century America. The story follows a privileged student who takes a job as a miner to gain firsthand experience of harsh conditions and mistreatment of workers. The protagonist is shocked by what he discovers and becomes an advocate for the miners, leading them in their fight against the mine owners and the political system that supports them. Sinclair’s writing style is known for its vivid descriptions and its ability to bring to life the characters and their struggles. Like much of his work, King Coal is a fictitious account of real issues. The novel is based on the author’s research in Colorado during the coal strikes of 1913–14, and is considered a classic of the muckraking genre that exposed the social and economic problems of the time. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Author: John Hinde
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2011-11-01
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0774840145
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The town of Ladysmith was one of the most important coal-mining communities on Vancouver Island during the early twentieth century. The Ladysmith miners had a reputation for radicalism and militancy and engaged in bitter struggles for union recognition and economic justice, most notably the Great Strike of 1912-14. This strike, one of the longest and most violent labour disputes in Canadian history, marked a watershed in the history of the town and the coal industry.
Author: Stan Cohen
Publisher:
Published: 1999-06
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781891852060
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Times Derbyshire
Publisher:
Published: 2010-04-29
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781845472405
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Derbyshire Times asked its readers for their memories and photographs of their families and friends and many nostalgic contributions were received. This title presents these photographs together with images from the Derbyshire Times' own archives. It celebrates the lives of those involved in the mining industry.
Author: Charles B. Keeney
Publisher:
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781949199840
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Keeney delivers a riveting and propulsive story about a nine-year battle to save sacred ground that was the site of the largest labor uprising in American history. . . . He unveils a powerful playbook on successful activism that will inspire countless others for generations to come." --Eric Eyre, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic In 1921 Blair Mountain in southern West Virginia was the site of the country's bloodiest armed insurrection since the Civil War, a battle pitting miners led by Frank Keeney against agents of the coal barons intent on quashing organized labor. It was the largest labor uprising in US history. Ninety years later, the site became embroiled in a second struggle, as activists came together to fight the coal industry, state government, and the military- industrial complex in a successful effort to save the battlefield--sometimes dubbed "labor's Gettysburg"--from destruction by mountaintop removal mining. The Road to Blair Mountain is the moving and sometimes harrowing story of Charles Keeney's fight to save this irreplaceable landscape. Beginning in 2011, Keeney--a historian and great-grandson of Frank Keeney--led a nine-year legal battle to secure the site's placement on the National Register of Historic Places. His book tells a David-and-Goliath tale worthy of its own place in West Virginia history. A success story for historic preservation and environmentalism, it serves as an example of how rural, grassroots organizations can defeat the fossil fuel industry.