Pennsylvania mining families : the search for dignity in the coalfields / Barry P. Michrina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michrina, Barry P. (Barry Paul), 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal miners--Pennsylvania--Cambria County--History.

Coal miners.

Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Pennsylvania--Cambria County--History.

Strikes and lockouts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

Summary:

In Pennsylvania Mining Families, Barry P. Michrina offers a luminous portrait of Pennsylvania coal miners and their response to economic oppression. He follows them from the great coal strike of 1927 through daily threats of injury and death in the mines to the departure of children and grandchildren as the industry has declined. Drawing on numerous first-hand interviews, as well as extensive archival research, he analyzes the change in work practices, the miners' own views about their ever-evolving situation, and relationships between miners and mining companies -- undercutting the stereotyp

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Being There, a Reflection; 2 Coal, a Very Hard Subject; 3 The Great Coal Strike of 1927; 4 Emotions Related to the Great Strike; 5 Emotions, Work Values, and Exploitation; 6 Work Is What You Make It; 7 Why Worry?; 8 Emotions Related to Danger; 9 Dignity, a Complex Subject; 10 Reflections upon Leaving; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9104-1

0-8131-8862-8

0-8131-4900-2

OCLC:

933515985