Coal-Mining Safety in the Progressive Period: The Political Economy of Reform
Zoomicon-zoom-in
Coal-Mining Safety in the Progressive Period: The Political Economy of Reform

Coal-Mining Safety in the Progressive Period: The Political Economy of Reform

By
William Graebner (Author)  

Paperback

Available / dispatched within 1 - 2 weeks

Quantity

Also available on eBook for £8.99. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo

Through the first decade of the twentieth century, Americans looked upon industrial accidents with callous disregard; they were accepted as an unfortunate but necessary adjunct to industrial society. A series of mine disasters in December 1907 (including one in Monongah, West Virginia, which took a toll of 361 lives) shook the public, at least temporarily, out of its lethargy. In this award-winning study, author William Graebner traces the development of mine safety reform in the years immediately following these tragic events. Reform activities during the Progressive period centered on the Bureau of Mines and an effort to obtain uniform state legislation; the effect of each was minimal. Mr. Graebner concludes that these idealistic solutions of the time were at once the great hope and the great failure of the Progressive coal-mining safety movement. Illus
William Graebner is professor of history at State University College, Fredonia, New York. This study is the winner of the 1975 Frederick Jackson Turner Award of the Organization of American Historians.
  • Contributor: William Graebner
  • Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
  • ISBN13: 9780813152738
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
  • Release Date: 2014-07-15
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: William Graebner is professor of history at State University College, Fredonia, New York. This study is the winner of the 1975 Frederick Jackson Turner Award of the Organization of American Historians.

Delivery Options

Home Delivery

Store Delivery

Free Returns

We hope you are delighted with everything you buy from us. However, if you are not, we will refund or replace your order up to 30 days after purchase. Terms and exclusions apply; find out more from our Returns and Refunds Policy.