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Stories from the Mines
Curra, Thomas M.; Matkosky, Greg
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Description for Stories from the Mines
Hardback. At the beginning of the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of European immigrants came to northeastern Pennsylvania to work in the coal mines. This work chronicles the struggle of these miners to earn a decent wage, alleviate dangerous working conditions, and gain respect. Num Pages: 82 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJC; HBTB; HBTK; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 288 x 13. Weight in Grams: 568.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of European immigrants came to northeastern Pennsylvania to work in the coal mines. "Stories from the Mines" chronicles the struggle of these miners to earn a decent wage, alleviate dangerous working conditions, and gain respect. The perilous work the miners performed for extremely low pay, Greg Matkosky and Thomas M. Curra argue, laid the foundation for America's Industrial Revolution and the modern labor movement. This powerful book traces the miners' epic human rights battle from their arrival in the United States to the Great Strike of 1902 and the inception ... Read more
At the beginning of the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of European immigrants came to northeastern Pennsylvania to work in the coal mines. "Stories from the Mines" chronicles the struggle of these miners to earn a decent wage, alleviate dangerous working conditions, and gain respect. The perilous work the miners performed for extremely low pay, Greg Matkosky and Thomas M. Curra argue, laid the foundation for America's Industrial Revolution and the modern labor movement. This powerful book traces the miners' epic human rights battle from their arrival in the United States to the Great Strike of 1902 and the inception ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
82
Condition
New
Number of Pages
82
Place of Publication
Scranton, United States
ISBN
9781589660519
SKU
V9781589660519
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Curra, Thomas M.; Matkosky, Greg
Greg Matkosky is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in northeastern Pennsylvania. Thomas M. Curra is an Emmy award - winning television producer who lives and works in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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