Coal-mining safety in the progressive period : the political economy of reform / William Graebner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graebner, William, author.

Contributor:

Organization of American Historians.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal mines and mining--United States--Safety measures--History.

Coal mines and mining.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through the first decade of the twentieth century, Americans looked upon industrial accidents with callous disregard; they were accepted as an unfortunate but necessary adjunct to industrial society. A series of mine disasters in December 1907 (including one in Monongah, West Virginia, which took a toll of 361 lives) shook the public, at least temporarily, out of its lethargy. In this award-winning study, author William Graebner traces the development of mine safety reform in the years immediately following these tragic events. Reform activities during the Progressive period centered on the Bu

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Business, Bureaucracy, and National Reform; 2. Technology and Politics in the Federal Bureaucracy; 3. Legislation and Enforcement in the States; 4. The Miner and the Union; 5. The Operator as Victim; 6. Coal-Mining Safety and the Progressive Period; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Bibliography of Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

"Published for the Organization of American Historians."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186214

0813186218

9780813163192

0813163196

OCLC:

900344991