bokomslag Fire in the Hole
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Fire in the Hole

Douglas Clark

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  • 390 sidor
  • 2024
The coalfields of West Virginia in 1920-1921 were a place of extraordinary labor violence between striking miners facing off against armed mercenaries employed by mining corporations. In the remote mountain valleys of Appalachia, a region made infamous by the Hatfield-McCoy feud, coal miners and their families lived at the margins. Coal mining was a poorly paid brutal and dangerous occupation. Mining companies controlled corrupt local government, exerting a form of institutionalized oppression described as corporate feudalism. Mine operators refused to negotiate labor agreements. Contracting with the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency as armed security, mining interests repressed striking miners causing the worst labor violence in U.S. history. Into this hostile environment a decorated former U.S. Marine and an activist female lawyer come to West Virginia and become drawn into the conflict.

  • Författare: Douglas Clark
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781638681724
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 390
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-07-08
  • Förlag: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing