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.

Coal mines and mining--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--History--20th century.

Coalfields--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--History.

Coalfields.

Company towns--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--History.

Company towns.

Businessmen--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--Biography.

Businessmen.

Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--History, Local.

Cahaba River Region (Ala.).

Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--Social conditions.

Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--Economic conditions.

Browne, William Phineas, 1804-1869.

Browne, William Phineas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Diamonds in the Rough reconstructs the historical moment that defined the Cahaba Coal Field, a mineral-rich area that stretches across sixty-seven miles and four counties of central Alabama. Combining existing written sources with oral accounts and personal recollections, James Sanders Day's Diamonds in the Rough describes the numerous coal operations in this region-later overshadowed by the rise of the Birmingham district and the larger Warrior Field to the north. Many of the capitalists are the same: Truman H. Aldrich, Henry F.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8674-2

OCLC:

857645969