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.