Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Discovering and Marketing Coal: 1815–1859 6 2. Mining and Mapping Coal: 1859–1883 24 3. Surveying and Developing the Field: 1883–1910 47 4. Coal Towns: 1881–1919 66 5. Convict Leasing: 1872–1927 92 6. Welfare Capitalism: 1915–1933 109 7. Unionism: 1878–1935 132 8. Decline and Demise: 1929–1976 149 Notes 161 Select Bibliography 195 Index 203 ...