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OverviewExamining the anthracite coal trade's emergence and legacy in the five counties that constituted the core of the industry, the authors explain the split in the modes of production between entrepreneurial production and corporate production and the consequences of each for the two major anthracite regions. This book argues that the initial conditions in which the anthracite industry developed led to differences in the way workers organized and protested working conditions and the way in which the two regions were affected by the decline of the industry and two subsequent waves of deindustrialization. The authors examine the bourgeois class formation in the coal regions and its consequences for differential regional growth and urbanization. This is given context through their investigation of class conflict in the region and the struggle of workers to build a stable union that would represent their interests, as well as the struggles within the union that finally emerged as the dominant force (the United Mine Workers of American) between conservative business unionists and progressive forces. Lastly, the authors explore the demise of anthracite as the dominant industry, the attempt to attract replacement industries, the subsequent two waves of deindustrialization in the region, and the current economic conditions that prevail in the former coal counties and the cities in them. This book includes a discussion of local politics and the emergence of a strong labor-Democratic tie in the northern anthracite region and a weaker tie between labor and the Democratic party in the central and southern fields. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Keil , Jacqueline M. KeilPublisher: Lehigh University Press Imprint: Lehigh University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.395kg ISBN: 9781611461756ISBN 10: 1611461758 Pages: 172 Publication Date: 11 December 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsMap {Anthracite Coal Fields Scan} Preface Chapter 1: A Brief History of Northeastern Pennsylvania's Early Settlement and Development Chapter 2: Bourgeois Class Formation in the Coalfields Chapter 3: Worker Rebellion and the Problems of Worker Solidarity Chapter 4: Industrial Unionism Reemerges in the Coalfields Chapter 5: The Post-1902 Strike Era Chapter 6: The Demise of Anthracite and the Rise of a Politically Organized Working Class Chapter 7: Subsequent Waves of Deindustrialization Chapter 8: Conclusions BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationThomas Keil is professor emeritus of sociology at Arizona State University. Jacqueline M. Keil is political science faculty member at Kean University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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