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OverviewThis book details the conflict between labour and management occasioned by the many attempts of the United Mine Workers of America to organize Harlan's miners during the New Deal era. Harlan County, Kentucky was the last major anti-union bastion in the Appalachian coalfield. The story of the organization of the country's coal mines by the UMWA is largely confined to the 1930s. The most serious union compaigns occurred in 1931-32, after the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933 and following the enactment of the National Labour Relations Act in 1935. Finally, after almost a decade of labour strife, the Federal Government intervened. After a year of federal inquiry culminating in the Mary Helen conspiracy trial in London, Kentucky, Harlan's miners could join the UMWA openly and without fear of recrimination. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul F. TaylorPublisher: University Press of America Imprint: University Press of America Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780819176110ISBN 10: 0819176117 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 29 December 1989 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews...well-researched, well-told.... * Journal of Southern History * ...provides a wealth of information on this very important part of American labor unionism history and Appalachian regional history. His account is genuinely useful in helping to piece together the complexities of the Harlan/Bell/Letcher troubles and the Kentucky politics of the 1930s. -- Richard B. Drake, Berea College * Journal of Southern History * This is a fine volume, meticulously researched, engrossingly presented.... -- H. Lew Wallace, Professor of History, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Hts., KY * Journal of Southern History * Taylor writes with verve and clarity. -- H. Lew Wallace, Professor of History, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Hts., KY * The Filson Club History Quarterly * This is an important work on a most significant conflict in American and Southern labor history. -- Dr. Leslie S. Hough, Director, Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University * The Filson Club History Quarterly * ...it is a good addition to the story of hard times in Harlan County. * The Register * ...well-researched, well-told.... * Journal of Southern History * ...provides a wealth of information on this very important part of American labor unionism history and Appalachian regional history. His account is genuinely useful in helping to piece together the complexities of the Harlan/Bell/Letcher troubles and the Kentucky politics of the 1930s. -- Richard B. Drake, Berea College * Journal of Southern History * This is a fine volume, meticulously researched, engrossingly presented.... -- H. Lew Wallace, Professor of History, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Hts., KY * Journal of Southern History * Taylor writes with verve and clarity. -- H. Lew Wallace, Professor of History, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Hts., KY * The Filson Club History Quarterly * This is an important work on a most significant conflict in American and Southern labor history. -- Dr. Leslie S. Hough, Director, Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University * The Filson Club History Quarterly * This is an important work on a most significant conflict in American and Southern labor history.--Dr. Leslie S. Hough The Filson Club History Quarterly Author InformationPaul F. Taylor is Associate Professor of History at Augusta College, Georgia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |