| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Business, Bureaucracy, and National Reform; 2. Technology and Politics in the Federal Bureaucracy; 3. Legislation and Enforcement in the States; 4. The Miner and the Union; 5. The Operator as Victim; 6. Coal-Mining Safety and the Progressive Period; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Bibliography of Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Through the first decade of the twentieth century, Americans looked upon industrial accidents with callous disregard; they were accepted as an unfortunate but necessary adjunct to industrial society. A series of mine disasters in December 1907 (including one in Monongah, West Virginia, which took a toll of 361 lives) shook the public, at least temporarily, out of its lethargy. In this award-winning study, author William Graebner traces the development of mine safety reform in the years immediately following these tragic events |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 3, 2015) |
| Subject |
Coal mines and mining -- United States -- Safety measures -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Coal mines and mining -- Safety measures
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813163192 |
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0813163196 |
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0813186218 |
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9780813186214 |
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