The Minders of Windber: The Struggles of New Immigrants for Unionization, 1890s-1930s
University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 1997. Softcover. Softcovers. xxx+ 447 pp. with bibliograpy, index. Illustrated with photos. Fine, apparently unread copy. Using the 1897-founded coal-region company town of Windber, Pennsylvania as the focal point, a study of the struggles of many thousands of immigrants that came to the Keystone State as unionization attempted to take hold in their region. The early 20th century population of Windbar was comprised of twenty-five different nationalities, a potential obstacle to the solidarity of the miners but the immigranst overcame ethnic fragmentation by banding together as a class to unionize the mines. Fine. Item #E27239B
ISBN: 9780271015675
Price: $19.95