Minstrels of the Mine Patch: Songs and Stories of the Anthracite Industry

George Gershon Korson

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1938

Minstrels of the Mine Patch

Songs and Stories of the Anthracite Industry

George Gershon Korson

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512817379

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About this book

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Mine Patch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Miners in Good Humor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. Boy Colliers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
4. Slavs as Miners Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
5. Superstitions and Legends Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
6. Injury and Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
7. The Strike Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
8. The Molly Maguires Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
9. A Miscellany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Traditional Bards and Minstrels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Glossary of Anthracite Technical and Colloquial Words and Phrases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright year: 1938
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Keywords: Anthropology; Folklore; Linguistics; Books of Regional Interest

eBook

Published: January 31, 2017
ISBN: 9781512817379