From Mountain Men to Miners.

Stevens, Robert L.; Fogel, Jared A.

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ERIC Number: EJ612173

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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From Mountain Men to Miners.

Stevens, Robert L.; Fogel, Jared A.

Social Education, v63 n5 p262-68 Sep 1999

Examines three of the changes wrought by coal mining: (1) the miner's working conditions; (2) the establishment of company towns; and (3) the violence that ensued when miners from Harlan County, Kentucky, referred to as "Bloody Harlan," tried to better their lives by joining labor unions. (CMK)

Descriptors: Coal, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems, Mining, Quality of Life, Quality of Working Life, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Strikes, Unions, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky

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