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A new South rebellion : the battle against convict labor in the Tennessee coalfields, 1871-1896 / Karin A. Shapiro.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studiesPublisher: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1998]Copyright date: �1998Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0807867055
  • 9780807867051
  • 0807824232
  • 9780807824238
Other title:
  • Battle against convict labor in the Tennessee coalfields, 1871-1896
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New South rebellion.DDC classification:
  • 331.5/1 21
LOC classification:
  • HD5325.M615 S48 1998eb
Other classification:
  • 15.85
Online resources:
Contents:
The convict wars and the new south -- Schemes and dreams in the coalfields -- Measures of southern justice -- Kindling insurrection -- An uneasy armistice -- Dilemmas of militance -- The spread of rebellion -- Aftermath -- The boundaries of dissent -- App. 1. Genealogy of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, And Railroad Company -- App. 2. Race of male Tennessee convicts, 1865-1892 -- App. 3. Crimes of Tennessee convicts, 1866-1892 -- App. 4. Numbers of prisoners leaving Tennessee penitentiary, 1863-1892, by means of exit -- App. 5. "Lone rock song" -- App. 6. "Coal creek troubles."
Action note:
  • digitized 2010 committed to preserve
Summary: Annotation In 1891, Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the state's coal companies. Karen Shapiro uses the convict wars to analyze the place of convict labor in southern economic development, bringing to life the hopes that rural southerners invested in industrialization and the political tensions that could result when their aspirations were not met.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-320) and index.

The convict wars and the new south -- Schemes and dreams in the coalfields -- Measures of southern justice -- Kindling insurrection -- An uneasy armistice -- Dilemmas of militance -- The spread of rebellion -- Aftermath -- The boundaries of dissent -- App. 1. Genealogy of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, And Railroad Company -- App. 2. Race of male Tennessee convicts, 1865-1892 -- App. 3. Crimes of Tennessee convicts, 1866-1892 -- App. 4. Numbers of prisoners leaving Tennessee penitentiary, 1863-1892, by means of exit -- App. 5. "Lone rock song" -- App. 6. "Coal creek troubles."

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English.

Annotation In 1891, Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the state's coal companies. Karen Shapiro uses the convict wars to analyze the place of convict labor in southern economic development, bringing to life the hopes that rural southerners invested in industrialization and the political tensions that could result when their aspirations were not met.

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