Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster: The Worst Industrial Accident in US History Paperback - 2014
by Davitt McAteer
From the rear cover
To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Monongah, West Virginia mine disaster, the West Virginia University Press is honored to carry Davitt McAteer's definitive history of the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. "Monongah" documents the events that led to the explosion, which claimed hundreds of lives on the morning of December 6, 1907.
Nearly thirty years of exhaustive research have led McAteer to the conclusion that close to 500 men and boys--many of them immigrants--lost their lives that day, leaving hundreds of women widowed and more than one thousand children orphaned. McAteer delves deeply into the personalities, economic forces, and social landscape of the mining communities of north central West Virginia at the beginning of the twentieth century. The tragedy at Monongah led to a greater awareness of industrial working conditions, and ultimately to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, which Davitt McAteer helped to enact.
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- Title Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster: The Worst Industrial Accident in US History
- Author Davitt McAteer
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher West Virginia University Press
- Date 2014-04-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781938228896 / 1938228898
- Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.77 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.96 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: West Virginia
- Library of Congress subjects Monongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.,, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014002672
- Dewey Decimal Code 363.119
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