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Making sense of the Molly Maguires / Kevin Kenny.
Van Pelt Library HV6452.P4 M64 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenny, Kevin, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Molly Maguires (Organization).
- Coal miners--Pennsylvania--History.
- Coal miners.
- Irish Americans--Pennsylvania--History.
- Irish Americans.
- Irish Americans--Pennsylvania--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- In Pennsylvania in the 1870s, 20 Irish immigrants, suspected of comprising a secret terrorist organization called the Molly Maguires, were executed for the murder of 16 men. Combining social and cultural history, this work offers a new explanation of who the Molly Maguires were and in the process, vividly retells one of the classic stories of American labor and immigration. Photos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195106644
- 0195116313
- OCLC:
- 36138393
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