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Set the Earth on fire : the Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 and the birth of the police Cover Image Book

Set the Earth on fire : the Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 and the birth of the police / David Correia.

Correia, David, 1968- (author.).

Summary:

"An eye-opening account of the Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, showing how the strike-and the violent backlash that ensued-reveal the genesis of modern policing."

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798888900901
  • ISBN: 9798888901304
  • ISBN: 9789798888908
  • ISBN: 9798888901
  • Physical Description: xi, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Dig Another Grave A Good Practical Miner A Miner's Timeline On Strike Day in Hazelton They Called It the Flying Squadron The Occupation of Shenandoah The Jeddo Evictions Show Us the Lung of a Miner Conclusion: A Wrecking Crew.

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Subject: United States. National Guard.
Anthracite Coal Strike, Pa., 1902.
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