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Diamonds in the rough : a history of Alabama's Cahaba coal field / James Sanders Day.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Day, James Sanders, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal mines and mining--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--History--19th century.
- Coal mines and mining--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--History--20th century.
- Coalfields--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--History.
- Company towns--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--History.
- Browne, William Phineas, 1804-1869.
- Businessmen--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Company towns.
- History.
- Coalfields.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--History, Local.
- Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--Social conditions.
- Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--Economic conditions.
- Alabama.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Discovering and Marketing Coal : 1815-1859
- Mining and Mapping Coal : 1859-1883
- Surveying and Developing the Field : 1883-1910
- Coal Towns : 1881-1919
- Convict Leasing : 1872-1927
- Welfare Capitalism : 1915-1933
- Unionism : 1878-1935
- Decline and Demise : 1929-1976.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817317942
- 0817317945
- OCLC:
- 819860804
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