Diamonds in the rough : a history of Alabama's Cahaba coal field - Day, James Sanders, 1956- (Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2013)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Browne, William Phineas, -- 1804-1869.; Coal mines and mining -- Alabama -- Cahaba River Region -- History -- 19th century; Coal mines and mining -- Alabama -- Cahaba River Region -- History -- 20th century; Coalfields -- Alabama -- Cahaba River Region -- History; Company towns -- Alabama -- Cahaba River Region -- History; 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