Day, James Sanders, 1956-

Diamonds in the rough : a history of Alabama's Cahaba coal field / James Sanders Day. - 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discovering and Marketing Coal : 1815-1859 -- Mining and Mapping Coal : 1859-1883 -- Surveying and Developing the Field : 1883-1910 -- Coal Towns : 1881-1919 -- Convict Leasing : 1872-1927 -- Welfare Capitalism : 1915-1933 -- Unionism : 1878-1935 -- Decline and Demise : 1929-1976.

9780817386740 (e-book)


Browne, William Phineas, 1804-1869.


Coal mines and mining--History--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--19th century.
Coal mines and mining--History--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--20th century.
Coalfields--History.--Alabama--Cahaba River Region
Company towns--History.--Alabama--Cahaba River Region
Businessmen--Alabama--Cahaba River Region--Biography.


Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--History, Local.
Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--Social conditions.
Cahaba River Region (Ala.)--Economic conditions.


Electronic books.

TN805.A6 / D28 2013eb

333.8/220976178