The Human Cost of an Emerging Industrial Economy: Coal Mining Disasters in the West-U.S.
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Thomas Andrews
Table of Contents
Learning Objective
Introduction
Historical Background
Primary Sources
“Bodies Indicate Instant Death of All 55 Miners,” Trinidad Advertiser, October 12, 1910
Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Across the Continent: “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way,” 1868
Views of the Coal-Powered West: Photos of Pueblo and Denver
Two Photographs of Primero, Colorado
Indemnity Ledger for Victims of the Delagua Explosion, Victor-American Fuel Company, 1910
Newspaper Editors Weigh In on Preventing Future Disasters: The Denver Republican and the Fort Collins Courier
Letter from Robert Uhlich, Local Union Leader, to the Deputy Labor Commissioner of Colorado, July 17, 1910
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Authors
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Thomas Andrews
Table of Contents
Learning Objective
Introduction
Historical Background
Primary Sources
“Bodies Indicate Instant Death of All 55 Miners,” Trinidad Advertiser, October 12, 1910
Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Across the Continent: “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way,” 1868
Views of the Coal-Powered West: Photos of Pueblo and Denver
Two Photographs of Primero, Colorado
Indemnity Ledger for Victims of the Delagua Explosion, Victor-American Fuel Company, 1910
Newspaper Editors Weigh In on Preventing Future Disasters: The Denver Republican and the Fort Collins Courier
Letter from Robert Uhlich, Local Union Leader, to the Deputy Labor Commissioner of Colorado, July 17, 1910
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research
Product Updates
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The Human Cost of an Emerging Industrial Economy: Coal Mining Disasters in the West-U.S.
This document collection concerns three mine explosions that ripped through the southern Colorado cornfields in the early twentieth century. Through these documents, students will understand how Americans grappled with the deadly consequences of an emerging industrial economy fuelded by vast quantities of coal. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.
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