Buxton : a Black utopia in the heartland / Dorothy Schwieder, Joseph Hraba and Elmer Schwieder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwieder, Dorothy, 1933-

Contributor:

Hraba, Joseph.

Schwieder, Elmer, 1925-

Series:

Bur oak book.

Bur oak book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal miners--Iowa--Buxton.

Coal miners.

Buxton (Iowa)--Race relations.

Buxton (Iowa).

Buxton (Iowa)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

An expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From 1900 until the early 1920's, an unusual community existed in America's heartland-Buxton, Iowa. Originally established by the Consolidation Coal Company, Buxton was the largest unincorporated coal mining community in Iowa. What made Buxton unique, however, is the fact that the majority of its 5,000 residents were African Americans-a highly unusual racial composition for a state which was over 90 percent white. At a time when both southern and northern blacks were disadvantaged and oppressed, blacks in Buxton enjoyed true racial integration-steady employment, above-average wages, decent

Contents:

CONTENTS; A Buxton Retrospective: Introduction to the 2003 Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Muchakinock: Buxton's Historical Antecedent; 2. The Creation of a Community; 3. Workers in a Company Town; 4. The Consolidation Coal Company; 5. Family Life; 6. Ethnicity; 7. Buxton and Haydock: The Final Years; 8. A Perspective; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Original subtitle: Work and racial equality in a coal mining community.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-246) and index.

ISBN:

9781587298950

1587298953

OCLC:

551774738