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Poor man's fortune : white working-class conservatism in American metal mining, 1850–1950
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ISBN: 1469656310 1469656280 1469656299 9798890858085 Year: 2020 Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,

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"White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, 'Poor Man's Fortune' tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the century from the Civil War to World War II. With a close study of metal miners in the Tri-State district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, Jarod Roll reveals why successive generations of white, native-born men willingly and repeatedly opposed labor unions and government-led health and safety reforms, even during the New Deal"--


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Poor Man's Fortune : White Working-Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850-1950.
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ISBN: 9781469656311 Year: 2020 Publisher: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press

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