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The Sons of Molly Maguire : The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War / Mark Bulik.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780823262236
  • 9780823262250
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.10609748 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6452.P4 M63 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART I -- Introduction: The Fountainhead -- 1. "A Slumbering Volcano" -- PART II -- 2. The Black Pig's Realm -- 3. The Secret Societies -- 4. Land and Politics -- 5. The Molly Maguires -- PART III -- 6. Brotherly Love -- 7. The Hibernians -- 8. Another Ulster -- 9. Resurrection -- 10. "Brave Sons of Molly" -- 11. Mars in Mahantango -- 12. "A Damned Hard Hole" -- 13. "A Howling Wilderness" -- 14. Parting Shots -- 15. The Road to Black Thursday -- 16. Shadows of the Gunmen -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Sensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivating exploration of the roots of the Molly Maguires. A secret society of peasant assassins in Ireland that re-emerged in Pennsylvania's hard-coal region, the Mollies organized strikes, murdered mine bosses, and fought the Civil War draft. Their shadowy twelve-year duel with all powerful coal companies marked the beginning of class warfare in America. But little has been written about the origins of this struggle and the folk culture that informed everything about the Mollies.A rare book about the birth of the secret society, The Sons of Molly Maguire delves into the lost world of peasant Ireland to uncover the astonishing links between the folk justice of the Mollies and the folk drama of the Mummers, who performed a holiday play that always ended in a mock killing. The link not only explains much about Ireland's Molly Maguires-where the name came from, why the killers wore women's clothing, why they struck around holidays-but also sheds new light on the Mollies' re-emergence in Pennsylvania.The book follows the Irish to the anthracite region, which was transformed into another Ulster by ethnic, religious, political, and economic conflicts. It charts the rise there of an Irish secret society and a particularly political form of Mummery just before the Civil War, shows why Molly violence was resurrected amid wartime strikes and conscription, and explores how the cradle of the American Mollies became a bastion of later labor activism. Combining sweeping history with an intensely local focus, The Sons of Molly Maguire is the captivating story of when, where, how, and why the first of America's labor wars began.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART I -- Introduction: The Fountainhead -- 1. "A Slumbering Volcano" -- PART II -- 2. The Black Pig's Realm -- 3. The Secret Societies -- 4. Land and Politics -- 5. The Molly Maguires -- PART III -- 6. Brotherly Love -- 7. The Hibernians -- 8. Another Ulster -- 9. Resurrection -- 10. "Brave Sons of Molly" -- 11. Mars in Mahantango -- 12. "A Damned Hard Hole" -- 13. "A Howling Wilderness" -- 14. Parting Shots -- 15. The Road to Black Thursday -- 16. Shadows of the Gunmen -- Notes -- Index

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Sensational tales of true-life crime, the devastation of the Irish potato famine, the upheaval of the Civil War, and the turbulent emergence of the American labor movement are connected in a captivating exploration of the roots of the Molly Maguires. A secret society of peasant assassins in Ireland that re-emerged in Pennsylvania's hard-coal region, the Mollies organized strikes, murdered mine bosses, and fought the Civil War draft. Their shadowy twelve-year duel with all powerful coal companies marked the beginning of class warfare in America. But little has been written about the origins of this struggle and the folk culture that informed everything about the Mollies.A rare book about the birth of the secret society, The Sons of Molly Maguire delves into the lost world of peasant Ireland to uncover the astonishing links between the folk justice of the Mollies and the folk drama of the Mummers, who performed a holiday play that always ended in a mock killing. The link not only explains much about Ireland's Molly Maguires-where the name came from, why the killers wore women's clothing, why they struck around holidays-but also sheds new light on the Mollies' re-emergence in Pennsylvania.The book follows the Irish to the anthracite region, which was transformed into another Ulster by ethnic, religious, political, and economic conflicts. It charts the rise there of an Irish secret society and a particularly political form of Mummery just before the Civil War, shows why Molly violence was resurrected amid wartime strikes and conscription, and explores how the cradle of the American Mollies became a bastion of later labor activism. Combining sweeping history with an intensely local focus, The Sons of Molly Maguire is the captivating story of when, where, how, and why the first of America's labor wars began.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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