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The battle of Blair Mountain : the story of America's largest labor uprising / Robert Shogan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shogan, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blair Mountain, Battle of, W. Va., 1921.
- Labor disputes--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- Labor disputes.
- Coal mines and mining--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Insurgency--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- Insurgency.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- Paperback ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This long-neglected slice of American history is a saga of the conflicting political, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the power structure of twentieth-century America.
- Contents:
- Contents; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; 1 Matewan Station; 2 "What Does Labor Want?"; 3 Seeing Red; 4 "A Powder Keg Ready to Blow"; 5 "It's Good to Have Friends"; 6 "War, Insurrection and Riot"; 7 Mr. Hatfield Goes to Washington; 8 "Even the Heavens Weep"; 9 "I Come Creeping"; 10 Requiem for a Rebellion; Reference Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-09452-5
- 9786613094520
- 0-7867-3594-5
- OCLC:
- 721194338
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