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Matewan before the massacre [electronic resource] : politics, coal, and the roots of conflict in a West Virginia mining community /

Bailey, Rebecca J., 1966-

Matewan before the massacre politics, coal, and the roots of conflict in a West Virginia mining community / [electronic resource] : [Rebecca J. Bailey]. - Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2008. - xi, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - West Virginia and Appalachia ; v. 8 . - West Virginia and Appalachia ; 8. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Based on author's Thesis (doctoral)--West Virginia University, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-288) and index.

"Bleeding Mingo": 1895-1911 -- The progressive era? -- The Williamso n-Thacker Coalfield falls behind -- World War I and the rise of a class tensions -- The massacre: before and after -- Conclusion: the Matewan myth.


Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2012.
Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.
([West Virginia and Appalachia])
([A CLS Humanities E-Book])
Mode of access: Intranet.


Coal mines and mining-- West Virginia-- Mingo County.
Strikes and lockouts.
West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921.


Mingo County (W. Va.)-- History.