Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Triumph of Industrial Capitalism 9
6. 2. Work in the Mines 24
7. 3. The Company Town and the State 37
8. 4. Community in Crisis 49
9. 5. The Long Depression 72
10. 6. The Second Industrial Revolution 114
11. 7. The Politics of Production 158
12. 8. The Coal Miners’ Battle 188
13. Conclusion 214
14. Appendix Abbreviations Primary Sources Notes Index
15. Appendix: A Social Portrait of Industrial Workers in Nineteenth–Century Decazeville 221
16. Abbreviations Used in Sources and Notes 240
17. Primary Sources 242
18. Notes 247
19. Index 325