Machine Age in the Hills

Ross, Malcolm

Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1933

About this Item

Hard cover, 8vo, in brown cloth, titles in gilt to spine. (x) 248 pp. Condition Near Fine. Lacking dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the Author. A look at the socio-economic effects of the coal mining industry to the traditionally agrarian Appalachian region. Author Malcolm Ross ( 1895-1965) writes soon after the Great Depression, and argues that technological changes which displace labor have unforeseen societal consequences, shining a spotlight on the "near-slavery conditions of the coal mining industry." Originally a journalist, Ross would work as the Public Relations Director of the National Labor Relations Board the year after this publication of his first book. He was appointed Chairman of the Fair Employment Practices Committee by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Machine Age in the Hills
• Publisher: The MacMillan Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Trade and Industry
  • The American South
  • Government and Politics