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• catalog abstract "The coal mine represented much more than a way of making a living to the miners of Thurber, Texas, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--it represented a way of life. Coal mining dominated Thurber's work life, and miners dominated its social life. The large immigrant population that filled the mines in Thurber had arrived from more than a dozen nations, which lent a certain distinctiveness to this Texas town. In 1888 Robert D. Hunter and the Texas & Pacific Coal Company founded the town of Thurber on the site of Johnson Mines, a small coalmining village on the western edge of North Central Texas where Palo Pinto, Erath, and Eastland counties converged. William Whipple and Harvey E. Johnson first established a small community there in 1886 as the railroads' demand for coal enhanced the possibility of financial reward for entrepreneurs willing to risk the effort to tap the thin bituminous coal veins that lay beneath the ground. Where the first comers failed, Hunter and his stockholders prevailed. For almost forty years the company mined coal and owned and operated a town that by 1910 served as home to more than three thousand residents. In some respects, the town mirrored the work and culture of bituminous coal mining communities throughout the United States. Like most, it experienced labor upheaval that reached a dramatic climax in 1903 when the United Mine Workers, emboldened and strengthened by successes in other parts of the Southwest, organized Thurber's miners. Unlike elsewhere, however, the miners' success at Thurber was not fraught with violence and loss of life; furthermore, in the strike's aftermath good relations generally characterized employer/employee negotiations. Marilyn Rhinehart examines the culture of the miners' work, the demographics and social life of the community, and the benefits and constraints of life in a company town. Above all she demonstrates the features both at work and after work of a culture shaped by the occupation of coal mining.".
• catalog contributor b3767797.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "I. Laying the Foundation -- II. The Subterranean Community -- III. A Way of Life: Benevolent Despotism versus Worker Control -- IV. The Struggle for the Individual and the Union, 1888-1903 -- V. Boom to Bust in Unionized Thurber.".
• catalog description "In 1888 Robert D. Hunter and the Texas & Pacific Coal Company founded the town of Thurber on the site of Johnson Mines, a small coalmining village on the western edge of North Central Texas where Palo Pinto, Erath, and Eastland counties converged. William Whipple and Harvey E.".
• catalog description "In some respects, the town mirrored the work and culture of bituminous coal mining communities throughout the United States. Like most, it experienced labor upheaval that reached a dramatic climax in 1903 when the United Mine Workers, emboldened and strengthened by successes in other parts of the Southwest, organized Thurber's miners.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Johnson first established a small community there in 1886 as the railroads' demand for coal enhanced the possibility of financial reward for entrepreneurs willing to risk the effort to tap the thin bituminous coal veins that lay beneath the ground. Where the first comers failed, Hunter and his stockholders prevailed. For almost forty years the company mined coal and owned and operated a town that by 1910 served as home to more than three thousand residents.".
• catalog description "Marilyn Rhinehart examines the culture of the miners' work, the demographics and social life of the community, and the benefits and constraints of life in a company town. Above all she demonstrates the features both at work and after work of a culture shaped by the occupation of coal mining.".
• catalog description "The coal mine represented much more than a way of making a living to the miners of Thurber, Texas, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--it represented a way of life. Coal mining dominated Thurber's work life, and miners dominated its social life. The large immigrant population that filled the mines in Thurber had arrived from more than a dozen nations, which lent a certain distinctiveness to this Texas town.".
• catalog description "Unlike elsewhere, however, the miners' success at Thurber was not fraught with violence and loss of life; furthermore, in the strike's aftermath good relations generally characterized employer/employee negotiations.".
• catalog extent "xvii, 167 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Way of work and a way of life.".
• catalog identifier "0890964998 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Way of work and a way of life.".
• catalog isPartOf "Texas A & M southwestern studies ; no. 9.".
• catalog isPartOf "Texas A&M southwestern studies ; no. 9".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "College Station : Texas A&M University Press,".
• catalog relation "Way of work and a way of life.".
• catalog spatial "Texas Thurber".
• catalog subject "338.2/724/09764551 20".
• catalog subject "Coal miners Texas Thurber History.".
• catalog subject "Coal mines and mining Texas Thurber History.".
• catalog subject "HD8039.M615 R47 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "I. Laying the Foundation -- II. The Subterranean Community -- III. A Way of Life: Benevolent Despotism versus Worker Control -- IV. The Struggle for the Individual and the Union, 1888-1903 -- V. Boom to Bust in Unionized Thurber.".
• catalog title "A way of work and a way of life : coal mining in Thurber, Texas, 1888-1926 / Marilyn D. Rhinehart.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".