Miller, Donald L. and Richard E. Sharpless. The Kingdom of Coal: Work Enterprise and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985.

Well written and carefully researched, this monograph is one of the best published studies on the Pennsylvania anthracite industry.

Citation Type: Book

Referenced in:
Mining Anthracite
Labor's Struggle to Organize
The 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike (Shenandoah)
Abijah Smith and Company
Avondale Mine Disaster
Carbon County
Lackawanna County
The 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike (Scranton)
Lehigh Canal
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones [Labor]
Carbondale: The Biography of a Coal Town
Patchtowns: Big Industry, Little Towns