Coal in our Blood: 200 Years of Coal Mining in Nova Scotia's Pictou County

Type

Book

Authors

Judith Hoegg Ryan

ISBN 10

088780215X

ISBN 13

9780887802157

Tags

Architectural, Development & Growth, Canada

Description

This social history of coal mining in Nova Scotia's Pictou County offers a unique portrait of a long-established working-class community.There are detailed accounts of the changing work-life of miners told in the words of the miners themselves. Family and social life, union agitation, relations with the company and strikes are all described. There are several accounts of major disasters in the mines.The book concludes with a discussion of the revival of coal mining in recent years with the Westray Mine, and an account of the 1992 disaster.Extensively illustrated with historical photographs, Coal in our Blood is a valuable contribution to Nova Scotia's social and labour history. - from Amzon

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