Black Coal Miners in America : Race, Class, and Community Conflict, 1780-1980.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Part I: Expropriation: Forced Labor -- 1. Slavery -- 2. Convict Labor -- Part II: Exploitation: The South -- 3. The Social Equality Wedge in Alabama, 1880-1908 -- 4. Resurgence of the UMWA in Alabama, 1920-1940 -- Part III: Exclusion: The North -- 5. Job Control &amp -- Racial Conflict in the North &amp -- West, 1870-1903 -- 6. Race, Class, Community, &amp -- the UMWA in the North -- Part IV: Equality: Central Appalachia -- 7. Judicious Mixture in Central Appalachia, 1880-1920 -- 8. The Fruits of Judicious Mixture, 1910-1932 -- Part V: Elimination: An Epilogue -- 9. Demise of the Black Miner -- Appendix: Employment of Blacks in the Bituminous Coal Industry, 1900-1980 -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Photographs.

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