African American Workers and the Appalachian Coal Industry Martin McGuinn from the commonplace to the

from the commonplace to the unique

touching on the many dramas of life at Sharp's home studio

this is a superb introduction to the sociology of work

or Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia

"It certainly is not our wish to compete in any way with any other form of dance and such that might superficially resemble what we are doing

African American Workers and the Appalachian Coal Industry Martin McGuinn from the commonplace to theEssays by the foremost labor historian of the Black experience in the Appalachian coalfields. This collection brings together nearly three decades of research on the African American experience, class, and race relations in the Appalachian coal industry. It shows how, with deep roots in the antebellum era of chattel slavery, West Virginia's Black working class gradually picked up steam during the emancipation years following the Civil War and