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The archaeology of class war : the Colorado Coalfield Strike of 1913-1914 / edited by Karin Larkin and Randall H. McGuire.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.
- Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914--Sources.
- Coal miners--Colorado--Ludlow--History--20th century.
- Coal miners.
- Working class--Colorado--Ludlow--History--20th century.
- Working class.
- Social conflict--Colorado--Ludlow--History--20th century.
- Social conflict.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Colorado--Ludlow.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Material culture--Colorado--Ludlow--History--20th century.
- Material culture.
- Ludlow (Colo.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Ludlow (Colo.).
- Ludlow (Colo.)--Antiquities.
- Ludlow (Colo.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Archaeology of the Colorado Coalfield War Project has conducted archaeological investigations at the site of the Ludlow Massacre in Ludlow, Colorado, since 1996. With the help of the United Mine Workers of America and funds from the Colorado State Historical Society and the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities, the scholars involved have integrated archaeological finds with archival evidence to show how the everyday experiences of miners and their families shaped the strike and its outcome. The Archaeology of Class War weaves together material culture, documents, oral histories, landscapes, and photographs to reveal aspects of the strike and life in early twentieth-century Colorado coalfields unlike any standard documentary history. Excavations at the site of the massacre and the nearby town of Berwind exposed tent platforms, latrines, trash dumps, and the cellars in which families huddled during the attack. Myriad artifacts-from canning jars to a doll's head-reveal the details of daily existence and bring the community to life. The Archaeology of Class War will be of interest to archaeologists, historians, and general readers interested in mining and labor history.
- Contents:
- Unearthing class war / Randall H. McGuire and Karin Larkin
- A terrible unrest : class war in Colorado / Randall H. McGuire
- Archaeology and the Colorado Coalfield war / Karin Larkin
- Building the corporate family : constructing homes, families, and the nation / Margaret Wood
- From shacks to shanties : working-class poverty and the 1913-1914 Southern Colorado Coalfield Strike / Sarah J. Chicone
- Landscapes of hope and fear : a study of space in the Ludlow strikers' colony / Michael Jacobson
- Material culture of the marginalized / Amie Gray
- "Thou shalt not dose thyself" : proprietary medicine use at the Ludlow tent colony / Claire H. Horn
- Working parents and the material culture of Victorianism : children's toys at the Ludlow tent colony / Summer Moore
- Archaeology and workers' memory / Mark Walker
- Teaching class conflict : a trans-Atlantic comparison using the Colorado Coalfield War Archaeology Project in undergraduate curricula / Bonnie J. Clark and Eleanor Conlin Casella
- Why we dig : archaeology, Ludlow, and the public / Philip Duke and Dean Saitta.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607320395
- 1607320398
- OCLC:
- 558840891
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