Hard Rock Epic - Western Miners and the Industrial Revolution, 1860-1910

"Hard Rock Epic makes a solid and much needed contribution to the history of both the western mining frontier and the industrial revolution."--R.E. Lingenfelter, "California History

List of contents

Preface 
Part One: Impact
Chapter I. Machinery on the Route to the Mines 
Chapter II. Who Will Work? 
Chapter III. Payday--Perhaps 
Chapter IV. Betrayed by the New Technology 
Chapter V. The Question of Blame 
Part Two: Organized Responses
Chapter VI. The Union Impulse 
Chapter VII. Responses to the Dangers Below 
Chapter VIII. The Dilemma of Political Action 
Chapter IX. Radicalism and the "Red-Hot Revolutionists"
Chapter X. Epilogue: End of the Pioneer Era
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Mark Wyman is Professor of History at Illinois State University, Normal.

Summary

An account of the Western metal miners that includes details of their bitter struggle for unpaid wages, for industrial safety legislation, for corporate liability in the event of mine accidents and for workmen's compensation. It looks at miners in the larger context of American industrialization during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Wyman, Wyman Mark
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.1989
• EAN: 9780520068032
• ISBN: 978-0-520-06803-2
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General