The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802124658 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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The fight for civil rights and unionization in West Virginia verged on civil war and stretched from the creeks and hollows to the courts and the U.S. From before the dawn of the twentieth century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia. Fundamental rights were bent, then broken, and the violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict. On the other side were 50,000 mine workers, the nation’s largest labor union, and the legendary miners’ angel,” Mother Jones. Senate. In The Devil Is Here in These Hills, celebrated labor historian James Green tells this story like never before.. On one side were powerful corporations and industrialists whose millions bought political influence and armed guards for their company towns. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance
Criostalmiceal said I can say it is a good general work on the subject. As one with a passionate interest in the West Virginia Mine Wars, I was excited to see a new work on the subject. I can say it is a good general work on the subject, an introduction to the fight of the West Virginia Coal Miners in their struggle to secure their constitutional rights long denied by the Coal Companies of Southern West Virginia. The book covers the span from the first organizing drives in the New River Field in th. "Rarely told history" according to buskinRarely told history buskin4jesus I've lived in WV for the last ten years but had little awareness of the depth of danger and exploitation involved in earlier days of WV mining. I should have found out sooner,both to appreciate my adopted state's history and to further temper my belief in the merits of capitalism with the witness of the heartlessness that human selfishness and greed can spawn.The story is well drawn, probably a task made more difficult by spars. jesus. I've lived in WV for the last ten years but had little awareness of the depth of danger and exploitation involved in earlier days of WV mining. I should have found out sooner,both to appreciate my adopted state's history and to further temper my belief in the merits of capitalism with the witness of the heartlessness that human selfishness and greed can spawn.The story is well drawn, probably a task made more difficult by spars. TJ said Good historical accounting.. This is an interesting read, explaining events in the tumultous history of coal mining in West Virginia. Genealogists will appreciate the description of the culture and life in that time.
The author’s nuanced treatment is the way history should be written. Lewis, Professor of History Emeritus, West Virginia UniversityJames Green’s astonishing book deftly depicts a multinational and interracial group of hard-bitten men, rallied by an Irish-born grandmother, who waged a war for democracy that lasted forty years. Green gives the troubling era rebirth.”BookreporterGreen does an outstanding job here of bringing this period to life, giving readers a vivid pictu