Class-Conscious Coal Miners - The Emergence of a Working-Class Movement in Central Pennsylvania

Bituminous coal miners in Central Pennsylvania were among the most militant and class-conscious workers in the United States in the post-World War I era. Class-Conscious Coal Miners examines the development of working-class consciousness as they fought to sustain their union, jobs, communities, and work pejoratives, what they described as the Miner's Freedom, against mechanization and operator open shop drives in the 1920s. Their struggles brought them into conflict with coal companies, a pro-business federal government, and the business-unionist leadership of the United Mine Workers of America. After the collapse of the bituminous coal industry in Central Pennsylvania starting in the 1950s, working-class consciousness gradually diminished until, in the present century, there has been a marked shift toward political conservatism.

About the author

Alan J. Singer is Professor of Education at Hofstra University. He is the author of New York and Slavery: Time to Teach the Truth and New York's Grand Emancipation Jubilee: Essays on Slavery, Resistance, Abolition, Teaching, and Historical Memory, both also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Alan J Singer, Alan J. Singer, Alan J. (Director Singer
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2024
• EAN: 9781438497723
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9772-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: SUNY series in Labor Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Political activism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Local History, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement, Social discrimination and social justice