The Fight for Equality, 1896-1918
Author: Philip J. Mellinger
ISBN: 0816514771
This is the story of immigrant copper workers and their attempts to organize at the turn of the century in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and El Paso, Texas. These Mexican and European laborers of widely varying backgrounds and languages had little social, economic, or political power. Yet they achieved some surprising successes in their strugglesÑall in the face of a racist society and the unbridled power of the mine owners. Mellinger's book is the first regional history of these ordinary working peopleÑminers, muckers, millhands, and smelter workersÑwho labored in the thousands of mountain and desert mining camps across the western heartland early in this century. These men, largely uneducated, frequently moving from camp to camp, subjected to harsh and dangerous conditions, often poorly paid, nevertheless came together for a common purpose. They came from Mexico, from the U.S. Hispanic Southwest, and from several European countries, especially from Greece, Italy, the former Y
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publish Date: 1995
Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), History / United States / 19th Century, Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations, Social Science / General
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