On a spring morning in 1914, in the stark foothills of southern
Colorado, members of the United Mine Workers of America clashed
with guards employed by the Rockefeller family, and a state militia
beholden to Colorado s industrial barons. When the dust settled,
nineteen men, women, and children among the miners families lay
dead. The strikers had killed at least thirty men, destroyed six
mines, and laid waste to two company towns.
"Killing for Coal" offers a bold and original perspective on the
1914 Ludlow Massacre and the Great Coalfield War. In a sweeping
story of transformation that begins in the coal beds and culminates
with the deadliest strike in American history, Thomas Andrews
illuminates the causes and consequences of the militancy that
erupted in colliers strikes over the course of nearly half a
century. He reveals a complex world shaped by the connected forces
of land, labor, corporate industrialization, and workers
resistance.
Brilliantly conceived and written, this book takes the organic
world as its starting point. The resulting elucidation of the
coalfield wars goes far beyond traditional labor history.
Considering issues of social and environmental justice in the
context of an economy dependent on fossil fuel, Andrews makes a
powerful case for rethinking the relationships that unite and
divide workers, consumers, capitalists, and the natural world.
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