King Coal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook King Coal write by Upton Sinclair. This book was released on 1917. King Coal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
King Coal
King Coal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook King Coal write by Upton Sinclair. This book was released on 1917. King Coal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. King Coal (1917) is to the mining world what Sinclair's "The Jungle" is to the meat-packing industry. Through protagonist Hal Warner, Sinclair reveals the abuses faced by immigrant mine workers in the coal fields of the western United States
King Coal
King Coal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook King Coal write by Stan Cohen. This book was released on 1999-06. King Coal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Coal War
The Coal War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Coal War write by Upton Sinclair. This book was released on 1976. The Coal War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The son of a prominent coal magnate, Hal Warner is horrified by the dangerous working conditions, long hours, and starvation wages endured by the men who toil in his family's mines. He tries to rouse other members of his privileged class to a similar state of indignation, but soon faces a much more severe test of his progressivism. When a labor group organizes a massive strike and the mining companies respond with punishing brutality, Hal's commitment to the cause of reform becomes a matter of life and death.
When Coal Was King
When Coal Was King - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When Coal Was King write by John Roderick Hinde. This book was released on 2003. When Coal Was King available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The town of Ladysmith was one of the most important coal-mining communities on Vancouver Island during the early twentieth century. The Ladysmith miners had a reputation for radicalism and militancy and engaged in bitter struggles for union recognition and economic justice, most notably during the Great Strike of 1912-14. This strike, one of the longest and most violent labour disputes in Canadian history, marked a watershed in the history of the town and the coal industry. When Coal Was King illuminates the origins of the 1912-14 strike by examining the development of the coal industry on Vancouver Island, the founding of Ladysmith, the experience of work and safety in the mines, the process of political and economic mobilization, and how these factors contributed to the development of identity and community. While the Vancouver Island coal industry and the strike have been the focus of a number of popular histories, this book goes beyond to emphasize the importance of class, ethnicity, gender, and community in creating the conditions for the emergence and mobilization of the working-class population. Informed by currend academic debates on the matter and within the discipline, this readable history takes into account extensive archival research, and will appeal to historians and others interested in the history of Vancouver Island.
