1st Edition
Go Ye and Study the Beehive The Making of a Western Working Class
First published in 2000. More than any other occupation, the long history of mining raises issues of class and dependency, of men, women, and children bound to permanent wage work or forced labor underground with small hope of securing an independent living. Like all popular images, perceptions of workers reveal as much about the nature of the dominant culture as about the complex experiences of workers themselves. The main purpose of this study is to document and analyze the development of working-class culture in the mining camps of the American West.
Chapter 1: Western Miners and Problems of Place, Process, and Theory Chapter 2: The "Poor Man’s Friend": The California Mines Chapter 3: The Comstock: A Tragedy of the Commons, Western-style Chapter 4: "Facing the Devil": The Miners’ Culture of Work Chapter 5: "Hell in the Rockies": The Coeur d’Alenes Chapter 6: "The Fighting Age": The Western Federation of Miners and Relations of Power Chapter 7: "At Grass": Class Formation and Women, Families, and Community Life
Biography
Jeannette Rodda
