West Virginia & Appalachia Series – serie
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28 produkter
Blackwater Chronicle
Av Philip P. Kennedy, Timothy Sweet
Häftad, 2002
208 kr
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West Virginia University English Professor Timothy Sweet edited the second volume in our West Virginia and Appalachia series. The Blackwater Chronicle by Philip Pendleton Kennedy was originally published in 1853, but this wilderness travelogue about the exploration of Canaan Valley has appeal far …
Clash of Loyalties
A Border County in the Civil War
Häftad, 2003
457 kr
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A border county in a border state, Barbour County, West Virginia felt the full terror and tragedy of the Civil War. The wounds of the Civil War cut most bitterly in the border states, that strip of America from Maryland to Kansas, where conflicting loyalties and traditions ripped apart communities, …
Transnational West Virginia
Ethnic Communities and Economic Change, 1840-1940
Av Ken Fones-Wolf, Ronald L. Lewis
Häftad, 2004
312 kr
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West Virginia is one of the most homogeneous states in the nation, with among the lowest ratios of foreign-born and minority populations among the states. But as this collection of historical studies demonstrates, this state was built by successive waves of immigrant labors, from the antebellum …
Afflicting the Comfortable
Journalism and Politics in West Virginia
Inbunden, 2005
345 kr
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In 1990, the New York Times wrote, ""Government corruption was not invented in West Virginia. But there are people who contend that West Virginia officials have done more than their share over the years to develop state-of-the-art techniques in vote theft, contract kickbacks, influence peddling and …
Bringing Down the Mountains
The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia
Häftad, 2007
275 kr
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Coal is West Virginia's bread and butter. For more than a century, West Virginia has answered the energy call of the nation and the world by mining and exporting its coal. In 2004, West Virginia's coal industry provided almost forty thousand jobs directly related to coal, and it contributed $3.5 …
Sectionalism in Virginia from 1776 to 1861
Häftad, 2008
399 kr
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This 1910 study of sectionalism in Virginia illustrates how the east and west of Virginia were destined to separate into two states. Barbara Rasmussen, professor of Public History and Director of Cultural Resource Management at West Virginia University writes a new introduction to Sectionalism in …
Matewan Before the Massacre
Politics, Coal and the Roots of Conflict in a West Virginia Mining Community
Häftad, 2008
312 kr
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On May 19, 1920, gunshots rang through the streets of Matewan, West Virginia, in an event soon known as the ""Matewan Massacre."" Most historians of West Virginia and Appalachia see this event as the beginning of a long series of tribulations known as the second Mine Wars. But was it instead the …
Governor William Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia
Häftad, 2008
312 kr
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From 1909 to 1913, Governor William Glasscock served the state of West Virginia as an ardent progressive and reformer. In his inaugural address he proclaimed government ""the machinery invoked and devised by man for his benefit and protection"" and good government the guarantor of the happiness, …
Culture, Class, and Politics in Modern Appalachia
Essays in Honor of Ronald L. Lewis
Av Jennifer Egolf, Ken Fones-Wolf m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
312 kr
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Culture, Class, and Politics in Modern Appalachia takes stock of the field of Appalachian studies as it explores issues still at the center of its scholarship: culture, industrialization, the labor movement, and twentieth-century economic and political failure and their social impact. A new …
Culture, Class, and Politics in Modern Appalachia
Essays in Honor of Ronald L. Lewis
Av Jennifer Egolf, Ken Fones-Wolf m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
931 kr
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Culture, Class and Politics in Modern Appalachia takes stock of the field of Appalachian studies as it explores issues still at the center of its scholarship: culture, industrialization, the labor movement, and twentieth-century economic and political failure and their social impact. A new …
Appalachian New Deal
West Virginia in the Great Depression
Häftad, 2010
325 kr
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In this paperback edition of An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression, Jerry Bruce Thomas examines the economic and social conditions of the state of West Virginia before, during, and after the Great Depression. Thomas's exploration of personal papers by leading political and …
Appalachian Reawakening
West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972
Häftad, 2010
316 kr
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As the long boom of post-World War II economic expansion spread across the globe, dreams of white picket fences, democratic ideals, and endless opportunities flourished within the United States. Middle America experienced a period of affluent stability built upon a modern age of industrialization. …
Appalachian Reawakening
West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972
Inbunden, 2010
850 kr
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As the long boom of post-World War II economic expansion spread across the globe, dreams of white picket fences, democratic ideals, and endless opportunities flourished within the United States. Middle America experienced a period of affluent stability built upon a modern age of industrialization. …
They'll Cut Off Your Project
A Mingo County Chronicle
Av Huey Perry
Häftad, 2011
283 kr
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In old England, if a king didn't like you, he would cut off your head. Now, if they don't like you, they'll cut off your project!As the Johnson Administration initiated its war on poverty in the 1960s, the Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project was established in southern West …
They'll Cut Off Your Project
A Mingo County Chronicle
Av Huey Perry
Inbunden, 2011
850 kr
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In old England, if a king didn't like you, he would cut off your head. Now, if they don't like you, they'll cut off your project!As the Johnson Administration initiated its war on poverty in the 1960s, the Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project was established in southern West …
Working Class Radicals
The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920
Inbunden, 2012
851 kr
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Working Class Radicals: The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920 examines the rise and fall of organized socialism in West Virginia through an exploration of the demographics of membership, oral interview material gathered in the 1960s from party members, and the collapse of the party in the …
Working Class Radicals
The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920
Häftad, 2012
283 kr
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Working Class Radicals: The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920 examines the rise and fall of organized socialism in West Virginia through an exploration of the demographics of membership, oral interview material gathered in the 1960s from party members, and the collapse of the party in the …
Monongah
The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster
Häftad, 2014
283 kr
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New paperback edition with an introduction by Robert B. ReichMonongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster documents the events and conditions that led to the worst industrial accident in the history of the United States. This mining accident claimed hundreds of lives on the morning …
Memorializing Motherhood
Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother's Day
Av Katharine Lane Antolini, Katharine Lane Antolini
Inbunden, 2014
408 kr
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Few know the name Anna Jarvis, yet on the second Sunday in May, we mail the card, buy the flowers, place the phone call, or make the brunch reservation to honor our mothers, all because of her.Anna Jarvis organized the first official Mother’s Day celebration in Grafton, West Virginia in 1908 and …
Memorializing Motherhood
Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother's Day
Häftad, 2017
254 kr
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Few know the name Anna Jarvis, yet on the second Sunday in May, we mail the card, buy the flowers, place the phone call, or make the brunch reservation to honor our mothers, all because of her. Anna Jarvis organized the first official Mother’s Day celebration in Grafton, West Virginia in 1908 and …
Last Great Senator
Robert C. Byrd's Encounters with Eleven U.S. Presidents
Häftad, 2015
275 kr
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No person involved in so much history received so little attention as the late Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving U.S. senator. In The Last Great Senator, David A. Corbin examines Byrd’s complex and fascinating relationships with eleven presidents of the United States, from Eisenhower to Obama. …
Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields
The Southern West Virginia Miners, 1880-1922
Häftad, 2015
283 kr
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Between 1880 and 1922, the coal fields of southern West Virginia witnessed two bloody and protracted strikes, the formation of two competing unions, and the largest armed conflict in American labor history—a week-long battle between 20,000 coal miners and 5,000 state police, deputy sheriffs, and …
Antebellum Kanawha Salt Business and Western Markets
Häftad, 2016
283 kr
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In the early nineteenth century, a ten-mile stretch along the Kanawha River in western Virginia became the largest salt-producing area in the antebellum United States. Production of this basic commodity stimulated settlement, the livestock industry, and the rise of agricultural processing, …
Industrialist and the Mountaineer
The Eastham-Thompson Fued and the Struggle for West Virginia's Timber Frontier
Inbunden, 2017
935 kr
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In 1897 a small landholder named Robert Eastham shot and killed timber magnate Frank Thompson in Tucker County, West Virginia, leading to a sensational trial that highlighted a clash between local traditions and modernizing forces. Ronald L. Lewis’s book uses this largely forgotten episode as a …
Industrialist and the Mountaineer
The Eastham-Thompson Fued and the Struggle for West Virginia's Timber Frontier
Häftad, 2017
312 kr
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In 1897 a small landholder named Robert Eastham shot and killed timber magnate Frank Thompson in Tucker County, West Virginia, leading to a sensational trial that highlighted a clash between local traditions and modernizing forces. Ronald L. Lewis’s book uses this largely forgotten episode as a …
Never Justice, Never Peace
Mother Jones and the Miner Rebellion at Paint and Cabin Creeks
Av Ginny Savage Ayers, Lon Kelly Savage
Häftad, 2018
312 kr
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In 1986 Lon Savage published Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920–21, a popular history now considered a classic. Among those the book influenced are Denise Giardina, author of Storming Heaven, and John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan. When Savage passed away, he left …
Wheeling's Polonia
Reconstructing Polish Community in a West Virginia Steel Town
Inbunden, 2020
1168 kr
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William Hal Gorby's study of Wheeling's Polish community weaves together stories of immigrating, working, and creating a distinctly Polish-American community, or Polonia, in the heart of the upper Ohio Valley steel industry. It addresses major topics in the history of the United States in the first …
Wheeling's Polonia
Reconstructing Polish Community in a West Virginia Steel Town
Häftad, 2020
370 kr
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William Hal Gorby's study of Wheeling's Polish community weaves together stories of immigrating, working, and creating a distinctly Polish-American community, or Polonia, in the heart of the upper Ohio Valley steel industry. It addresses major topics in the history of the United States in the first …
