Remembering Lattimer: Labor, Migration, and Race in Pennsylvania Anthracite Country

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On September 10, 1897, a group of 400 striking coal miners--workers of Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian descent or origin--marched on Lattimer, Pennsylvania. There, law enforcement officers fired without warning into the protesters, killing nineteen miners and wounding thirty-eight others. The bloody day quickly faded into history.

Paul A. Shackel confronts the legacies and lessons of the Lattimer event. Beginning with a dramatic retelling of the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252083687

ISBN13:9780252083686

Release Date:September 2018

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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