Another Civil War

Grace Palladino is codirector and an editor of the Samuel Gompers Papers project at the University of Maryland. Her other books are Teenagers: An American History and Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits: A Century of Building Trades History.

"...An importnat contribution to the study of the relationship of labor and management in the Pennsylvania coal fields." -Civil War News "This classic study has been republished by Fordham University Pres. Originally published in 1990, this book has not lost any of its relevance or force as it dissects the alliance that emerged between the federal government and big business during the Civil War" -The Historian "Demonstrates convincingly that, in the midst of a national civil war, coal miners and operators fought another civil war ... a first-rate piece of scholarship." -The Journal of American History "A meticulously researched and insightful analysis...an excellent rereading of the opposition to conscription and the rise of labor in the anthracite region...For students of labor, the Civil War, or ethnicity...provides a fresh perspective." -American Historical Review "Demonstrates how [workers'] struggles became enmeshed in the battle over the Union itself...Palladino shows how owners linked the miners' economic struggles and opposition to management's authority with criminal resistance to the draft and disloyalty to the Union ... a masterful job." -Reviews in American History