(Association Copy) The Plight of the Bituminous Coal Miner

Morris, Homer Lawrence; Foreword by Joseph H. Willits

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press/ H. Milford, Oxford University Press, Philadelphia, 1934

About this Item

RARE. First Edition in dust jacket. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front fly leaf - "To Aunt Ann and Uncle Jim, in loving appreciation Homer L. Morris June 10, 1934". Near Fine, slight toning to end papers, in a Very Good dust jacket, small round hole at spine, several small edge tears and chips, jacket lightly soiled. xiv, 253 pp., with Appendix: "England Transfers Her Surplus Miners": p. 230-247. The author interviewed over 900 coal miners in Kentucky and West Virginia in this classic Depression era study performed under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee. Contents: The plight of the coal industry --How many miners are needed -- The unemployed miner and his family --Once a miner always a miner --The training and skill of miners -- Living in company controlled communities --Extent and effects of unemployment --What's the miner thinking --How can mining be improved --The economic status of miners --What do miners want to do --The rehabilitation of displaced miners --Rehabilitation a frontier of social justice.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Association Copy) The Plight of the Bituminous Coal Miner
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press/ H. Milford, Oxford University Press, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1934
• Language: English
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
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