Monacans and miners
Subtitle: Native American and coal mining communities in Appalachia
By: Samuel R. Cook.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Wyoming County -- History; Irish Americans -- West Virginia -- Wyoming County -- History; Irish Americans -- West Virginia -- Wyoming County -- Social conditions; Monacan Indians -- Virginia -- Amherst County -- History; Monacan Indians -- Virginia -- Amherst County -- Social conditions; Scottish Americans -- West Virginia -- Wyoming County -- History; Scottish Americans -- West Virginia -- Wyoming County -- Social conditions; Amherst County (Va.) -- History
Description: Compares the political, economic and social experience of the Monacans, a historically significant indigenous group, and the Scottish and Irish immigrant communities of southern Appalachia in the late eighteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.291-310) and index.

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