Dead Laws for Dead Men: The Politics of Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Legislation

by Daniel Curran

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his account of the struggle for coal mine health and safety legislation in the U.S. examines the series of laws that steadily expanded the role of the federal government from the late 1800s through the 1980s. Curran concludes that federal legislation has done little to improve change conditions in the coal mines.
  • ISBN10 0822985470
  • ISBN13 9780822985471
  • Publish Date 15 January 1993
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Language English