Author: Historical Society of Schuylkill County
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020959110
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publications by the historical society of Schuylkill County. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publications Of The Historical Society Of Schuylkill County; Volume 4
Author: Historical Society of Schuylkill County
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020959110
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publications by the historical society of Schuylkill County. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020959110
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publications by the historical society of Schuylkill County. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publications of the Historical Society of Schuylkill County ...
Author: Historical Society of Schuylkill County
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Category : Schuylkill County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Category : Schuylkill County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Catalogue
Author: Cadmus Book Shop
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Publication
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Index of Articles Upon American Local History in Historical Collections in the Boston Public Library
Author: Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Sons of Molly Maguire
Author: Mark Bulik
Publisher: Fordham University Press
ISBN: 0823262251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Sensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivating exploration of the roots of the Molly Maguires. A secret society of peasant assassins in Ireland that re-emerged in Pennsylvania’s hard-coal region, the Mollies organized strikes, murdered mine bosses, and fought the Civil War draft. Their shadowy twelve-year duel with all powerful coal companies marked the beginning of class warfare in America. But little has been written about the origins of this struggle and the folk culture that informed everything about the Mollies. A rare book about the birth of the secret society, The Sons of Molly Maguire delves into the lost world of peasant Ireland to uncover the astonishing links between the folk justice of the Mollies and the folk drama of the Mummers, who performed a holiday play that always ended in a mock killing. The link not only explains much about Ireland’s Molly Maguires—where the name came from, why the killers wore women’s clothing, why they struck around holidays—but also sheds new light on the Mollies’ re-emergence in Pennsylvania. The book follows the Irish to the anthracite region, which was transformed into another Ulster by ethnic, religious, political, and economic conflicts. It charts the rise there of an Irish secret society and a particularly political form of Mummery just before the Civil War, shows why Molly violence was resurrected amid wartime strikes and conscription, and explores how the cradle of the American Mollies became a bastion of later labor activism. Combining sweeping history with an intensely local focus, The Sons of Molly Maguire is the captivating story of when, where, how, and why the first of America’s labor wars began.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
ISBN: 0823262251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Sensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivating exploration of the roots of the Molly Maguires. A secret society of peasant assassins in Ireland that re-emerged in Pennsylvania’s hard-coal region, the Mollies organized strikes, murdered mine bosses, and fought the Civil War draft. Their shadowy twelve-year duel with all powerful coal companies marked the beginning of class warfare in America. But little has been written about the origins of this struggle and the folk culture that informed everything about the Mollies. A rare book about the birth of the secret society, The Sons of Molly Maguire delves into the lost world of peasant Ireland to uncover the astonishing links between the folk justice of the Mollies and the folk drama of the Mummers, who performed a holiday play that always ended in a mock killing. The link not only explains much about Ireland’s Molly Maguires—where the name came from, why the killers wore women’s clothing, why they struck around holidays—but also sheds new light on the Mollies’ re-emergence in Pennsylvania. The book follows the Irish to the anthracite region, which was transformed into another Ulster by ethnic, religious, political, and economic conflicts. It charts the rise there of an Irish secret society and a particularly political form of Mummery just before the Civil War, shows why Molly violence was resurrected amid wartime strikes and conscription, and explores how the cradle of the American Mollies became a bastion of later labor activism. Combining sweeping history with an intensely local focus, The Sons of Molly Maguire is the captivating story of when, where, how, and why the first of America’s labor wars began.
Bibliographies of Special Subjects
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Western Reserve Historical Society Publication
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Index of articles upon American local history...
Author: Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Proceedings and Papers Read Before the Lehigh County Historical Society
Author: Lehigh County Historical Society
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Category : Lehigh County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Category : Lehigh County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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