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Diamonds in the Rough : A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field

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James Sanders Day is an assistant vice president for academic affairs and an associate professor of history at the University of Montevallo. A 1979 graduate of the United States Military Academy, Day has taught history at West Point, Marion Military Institute, Judson College, and Auburn University-Montgomery. The author of several journal articles on related topics, this is Day’s first book.

Author(s): Day, James Sanders
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Year: 2013

Language: English
Commentary: Print ISBN: 9780817317942 | Category: Engineering: Mining, Environmental Studies, Engineering, Economics
Pages: 224
Tags: Browne William Phineas 1804 1869 Businessmen Alabama Cahaba River Region Biography Economic conditions History Coal miners and mining 20th century Local Social

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Discovering and Marketing Coal: 1815–1859
2. Mining and Mapping Coal: 1859–1883
3. Surveying and Developing the Field: 1883–1910
4. Coal Towns: 1881–1919
5. Convict Leasing: 1872–1927
6. Welfare Capitalism: 1915–1933
7. Unionism: 1878–1935
8. Decline and Demise: 1929–1976
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index