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

by Mark Wyman

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"The most comprehensive and interpretive study of the mining industry available to historians. . . . It is a book that will stand the test of time."
-W. Turrentine Jackson, Technology and Culture

"Mark Wyman's sympathetic account of the Western metal miners includes graphic 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520068033

ISBN13:9780520068032

Release Date:October 1989

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century Business & Investing Economics Engineering History Labor & Industrial Relations Petroleum, Mining & Geological Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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