Wess Harris
Wess Harris is a sociologist, farmer, and educator who is widely recognized as a leading authority on West Virginia's Great Mine War. He completed his graduate studies at Ohio University and later worked as a union miner and served as president of L.U. 1555. Each of his three major publications has shed light on previously unknown (oft-censored) history of the coal fields. He currently curates the When Miners March Traveling Museum.
Wess Harris is a sociologist, farmer, and educator who is widely recognized as a leading authority on West Virginia's Great Mine War. He completed his graduate studies at Ohio University and later worked as a union miner and served as president of L.U. 1555. Each of his three major publications has shed light on previously unknown (oft-censored) history of the coal fields. He currently curates the When Miners March Traveling Museum. See less
Wess Harris book subjects
- Political Science > Labor & Industrial Relations
- History > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Business & Economics > Industries > Natural Resource Extraction
- West Virginia
- Labor disputes
- History
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