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Bezig met laden... Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster, the Worst Industrial Accident in US History (West Virginia and Appalachia) (2007)door Davitt McAteer
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Descriptions in McAteer's study may seem unduly theatrical to some readers, but such criticism should be overlooked for the painstaking detail and vast amount of information that the author has provided. It is a compelling, cautionary tale of avarice and corruption as well as a testament to the ultimate resilience of exploited people.
"An in-depth history of the worst industrial accident in US history. Monongah documents the events which led to the explosion that claimed hundreds of lives on the morning of December 6, 1907. Nearly thirty years of exhaustive research have led McAteer to the conclusion that close to 500 men and boys--many of them immigrants--lost their lives that day, leaving hundreds of women widowed and more than 1,000 children orphaned. McAteer delves deeply into the personalities, economic forces, and social landscape of the mining communities of north central West Virginia at the beginning of the twentieth century. The tragedy at Monongah led to a greater awareness of industrial working conditions, and ultimately to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, which Davitt McAteer helped to enact"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Unfortunately, this book generally fails in telling the tale. A strong editor would have pointed out the needless repetition (one example: "Father D'Andrea ... had been working without rest since Friday morning" on page 145; in the same chapter just a few pages later, "Father D'Andrea worked nonstop. For three days he neither slept nor bathed" [149]) and odd typographical errors (the French mining official Jacques Taffanel is "Jacques Caffarul" [160] and "Jacques Caffanel" [169]). The entire book feels rushed and clunky in most places, which is too bad as much of the story that needs to be told is hidden within, surrounded by mind-numbing lists (like a person-by-person accounting of the people who donated money to the relief cause) and paragraphs that jump in and out of their timeline.
McAteer does go further than just the mine explosion and its immediate aftermath. He writes a short history of the nation's mining laws that stuttered into existence, mostly occurring after yet another mine disaster. These chapters remind us that even with all the laws and all the new technology, sometimes we're still making the same mistakes we made over 100 years ago. ( )