From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood's Struggle Against the United Mine Workers of America
by Munsell, F Darrell
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0870819348
- ISBN 13
- 9780870819346
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University Press of Colorado, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Previous owner name. In Very Good+ condition and Very Good+ dustjacket. The most comprehensive study of John Cleveland Osgood to date, From Redstone to Ludlow covers events from 1892, when Osgood and his associates organized the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, to 1917, when Osgood signed a contract with the United Mine Workers of America, marking the end of his long history of battling the union.Called the Fuel King of the West, Osgood was the leading coal baron in the western mountain region and the most prominent spokesperson for the coal industry for over three decades. During this time, his anti-union policies made him the UMWA's most formidable foe in its effort to organize the Colorado coalfields.From Redstone to Ludlow depicts the bipolarity of his approach to the threat of unionism. The "Redstone experiment," a model industrial village designed to improve the lives of workers through social programs, showed Osgood's efforts to attain his anti-union goals through compassion. Conversely, the Ludlow tent colony and the events that transpired there, marked by armed gunmen and machine guns paid for by Osgood, illustrate his willingness to resort to violence and intimidation for the same purpose.A leading participant in the transformation of the West, Osgood helped to shape the character of the Gilded Age. Today, the beautiful village of Redstone and a granite memorial at Ludlow are reminders of Osgood's complex role in the clash between labor and management during the most violent industrial struggle in American history.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood's Struggle Against the United Mine Workers of America
- Author
- Munsell, F Darrell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0870819348
- ISBN 13
- 9780870819346
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado
- Place of Publication
- Boulder, Co
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 24 oz
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