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02608aam a2200313Ii 4500 001 72823C0E5F1811E89A261C5797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180524010211 008 160114s2015 cauab bm 000 0 eng d 035 $a (OCoLC)934726083 040 $a IOQ $e rda $c IOQ $d IOQ $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ia 100 1 $a Swim, Michael. 245 10 $a Bituminous coal miners' strike incitement events of Muchakinock, IA 1879-1900 : $b an historical geographic analysis of how a company town became a union town / $c by Michael Swim. 264 1 $a [Long Beach, California] : $b California State University, Long Beach, $c 2015. 300 $a 257 pages : $b color illustrations and maps ; 29 cm 502 $b M.A. $c California State University, Long Beach $d 2015 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-257). 520 $a Abstract: Examining the creation and peopling of the Consolidated Coal Company (CCC) company town Muchakinock, Iowa through the industrial labor migrations of Welsh, Swedes and African-American residents, this thesis focuses upon the social contestations between workers, owners and unions during four bituminous coal miners' strike incitement events in town history (1879-1900). Presenting some of the most comprehensive historical geography research to date on the company town of Muchakinock, the thesis presents eight claims for resident's strike resistance and ultimate capitulation and union affiliation; and the associated spread of capitalism and trade-unionism across Iowa's coal mining landscapes during the Gilded Age. Seeking a normalization of historical discourse, findings revealed the presence of conflicting discourses in existent historical communications content between predominantly white and African American historical communications content, and identified the emergence of a hegemonic discourse largely based on the representations of the former. More than just a micro-history of the relict company town of Muchakinock, Iowa, the thesis variously explores Muchakinock's wider network of connected geographies across Iowa terrains and the United States. 650 0 $a Coal mines and mining $z Iowa $x History. 650 0 $a Coal miners $x History. $z Iowa $x History. 651 0 $a Iowa $x Historical geography. 651 0 $a Muchakinock (Iowa) $x History. 650 0 $a Labor $z Iowa 810 2 $a California State University, Long Beach. $t Master's thesis collection, Department of Geography. 941 $a 1 952 $l F3OX522 $d 20180524024949.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=72823C0E5F1811E89A261C5797128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOQInitiate Another SILO Locator Search