The Best-Dressed Miners: Life and Labor in the Maryland Coal Region 1835-1910
by Katherine A. Harvey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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A$114.29A$80.00
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1969 Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 1969. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light suntoning to spine; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; miscut page corner on page 114. DJ: Good; Not Price Clipped (138 Shillings); suntoning to spine; moisture spot on DJ at tail; light rubbing to panels. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 488 pp 8vo. This book is a historical study of the working conditions and living conditions of coal miners in the coal mining region of Maryland between 1835 and 1910. It covers national origins, housing, family budgets, leisure activities, child labor, the evolution of labor relations, the failure of trade union development, etc., and comments on labor legislation relating to labor inspection. Bibliography pp. 464 to 477, map and statistical tables. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016896
- Title
- The Best-Dressed Miners: Life and Labor in the Maryland Coal Region 1835-1910
- Author
- Katherine A. Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- coal mining, mining, coal mining in Maryland, living conditions of coal miners in Maryland, family life in the Maryland coal fields, labor legislation in Maryland, union development.
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- Legal matters/Lawyers/Judges/Attorneys;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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