Fueling the Gilded Age: Railroads, Miners, and Disorder in Pennsylvania Coal Country

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>> v Contents List of Illustrations vii About Lewis Hine’s Photographs ix Introduction: Railroads, Miners, and Disorder in 1 the Gilded Age, 1870–1900 Part I. Hubris 1. Cultural: Coal Mining and Community, 1872 15 2. Formal: The Right to Strike, 1875 35 3. Secret: Regional Leadership Networks, 1875–1882 63 Part II. Humility 4. Compromise: The Great Upheaval in Coal, 1886 91 Part III. Stalemate 5. Origins: New Organizational Forms, 1886–1890 119 6. Association: Organization and Industry, 1890–1894 153 7. National Scale: A Living Wage for Capital and for 185 Labor, 1895–1902 Conclusion: Failures of Order in the Gilded Age 221 Acknowledgments 233 Notes 241 Index 269 About the Author 277 This page intentionally left blank ...