Title What's a coal miner to do? : the mechanization of coal mining / Keith Dix

Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1988

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) : illustrations Series Pittsburgh series in social and labor history Pittsburgh series in social and labor history Summary Annotation This book explores the impact of technology on coal miners and operators. Dix reconstructs the history of the "hand-loading" era, then views the evolution of mechanical coal technology, the rise of the United Mine Workers, and the expanded role of the state under New Deal legislation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-245) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject United Mine Workers of America -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT United Mine Workers of America fast Subject Coal-mining machinery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General. Bergwerksmaschine United States USA Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822976547 0822976544

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