The Sons of Molly Maguire : the Irish roots of America's first labor war

The Sons of Molly Maguire : the Irish roots of America's first labor war /

An "incisive and original" history of the 19th-century Irish secret society that instigated America's first labor wars in Pennsylvania Coal Country (Peter Quinn, author of Looking for Jimmy). A secret society of Irish peasant assassins, the Molly Maguires reemerged in Pennsylvania...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bulik, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Molly Maguires (Organization)
Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > Social conditions.
Irish Americans > Pennsylvania > History.
Coal miners > Pennsylvania > History.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
HISTORY > Social History.
Coal miners
Irish Americans
Irish Americans > Social conditions
Pennsylvania
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • "A slumbering volcano"
  • The black pig's realm
  • The secret societies
  • Land and politics
  • The Molly Maguires
  • Brotherly love
  • The hibernians
  • Another Ulster
  • Resurrection
  • "Brave Sons of Molly"
  • Mars in Mahantango
  • "A damned hard hole"
  • "A howling wilderness"
  • Parting shots
  • The road to Black Thursday
  • Shadows of the gunmen.

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