This is the first comprehensive history of the anthracite industry and the unique regional culture that grew up with it. It is the story of one of America's first great industries and of the people who made it great--from the miserably paid immigrant mine workers to the powerful coal barons.
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This is the first comprehensive history of the anthracite industry and the unique regional culture that grew up with it. It is the story of one of America's first great industries and of the people who made it great--from the miserably paid immigrant mine workers to the powerful coal barons.
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Very Good. 0812212010. First edition ( same date on title and copyright pages with no additional printings listed). Original covers, 8x9 ½ inches, xxii + 360 pp, index, annotated, illustrated with vintage photographs. Softcover, very good. Moderate shelf wear, corners bumped, rubbed and lightly age yellowed along edges, a few drop marks and wrinkle lines on covers, faint whiff of tobacco, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked; probably never really read. History; Pennsylvania; coal mining; immigration studies: Molly Maguires.
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Fair. 360 pages; B&W photographs. Foxing to the top exterior edge of textblock. Cocked spine. Moderate rubbing to the covers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; -We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.