African American Miners and Migrants

THE EASTERN KENTUCKY SOCIAL CLUB

Thomas E Wagner author Philip J Obermiller author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Published:9th Feb '04

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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The history of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club's past and present bring the hidden aspects of Appalachian history and culture to life.

Documents the lives of Eastern Kentucky Social Club (EKSC) members, a group of black Appalachians who left the eastern Kentucky coalfields and their coal company hometowns in Harlan County. This book uses historical and archival research and personal interviews to explore their reasons and the ties that bind them to eastern Kentucky.Thomas E. Wagner and Phillip J. Obermiller's African American Miners and Migrants documents the lives of Eastern Kentucky Social Club (EKSC) members, a group of black Appalachians who left the eastern Kentucky coalfields and their coal company hometowns in Harlan County.

Bound together by segregation, the inherent dangers of mining, and coal company paternalism, it might seem that black miners and mountaineers would be eager to forget their past. Instead, members of the EKSC have chosen to celebrate their Harlan County roots. African American Miners and Migrants uses historical and archival research and extensive personal interviews to explore their reasons and the ties that still bind them to eastern Kentucky. The book also examines life in the model coal towns of Benham and Lynch in the context of Progressive Era policies, the practice of welfare capitalism, and the contemporary national trend of building corporate towns and planned communities.

ISBN: 9780252071645

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm

Weight: 254g

176 pages