TY - BOOK ID - 85702464 TI - Poor man's fortune : white working-class conservatism in American metal mining, 1850–1950 PY - 2020 SN - 1469656310 1469656280 1469656299 9798890858085 9781469656311 9781469656304 1469656302 9781469656281 PB - The University of North Carolina Press DB - UniCat KW - Miners KW - Working class whites KW - Working class men KW - Conservatism KW - Masculinity KW - White nationalism. KW - Nationalism KW - Nationalism, White KW - Whites KW - Masculinity (Psychology) KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Men KW - Conservativism KW - Neo-conservatism KW - New Right KW - Right (Political science) KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - White working class KW - Whites, Laboring class KW - Whites, Working class KW - Caucasian race KW - Mineral industries KW - History KW - Attitudes. KW - History. KW - Economic aspects. KW - Race identity KW - Employees KW - United States KW - Supremacy, White (White nationalism) KW - White supremacy (White nationalism) KW - White working class people KW - White people KW - Working class white people UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85702464 AB - "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"-- ER -