Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War
- ISBN-10
- 0674020219
- ISBN-13
- 9780674020214
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 408
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-09-01
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Thomas G. Andrews
Description
This book offers a bold and original perspective on the 1914 Ludlow Massacre and the “Great Coalfield War.” In a story of transformation, Andrews illuminates the causes and consequences of the militancy that erupted in colliers’ strikes over the course of nearly half a century.
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