Born in Roanoke County; Virginia; on the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation; Richard L. Davis was an early mine labor organizer in Rendville; Ohio. One year after the 1884 Great Hocking Valley Coal Strike; which lasted nine months; Davis wrote the first of many letters to the National Labor Tribune and the United Mine Workers Journal. One of two African Americans at the founding convention of United Mine Workers of America in 1890; he served as a member of the National Executive Board in 1886-97. Davis called upon white and black miners to unite against wage slavery. This biography provides a detailed portrait of one of America's more influential labor organizers.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Insightful and BeneficialBy AKershaw's work is at the top of the ranks when it comes to diagnosing the Third Reich. The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation is very much so an analysis of two opposing views: whether the Third Reich was merely just a puppet that danced to Hitler's every whim; or something of a reverse; with control being held in the hands of the Third Reich's bureaucracy with Hitler being just an accompaniment. Kershaw tends to a more 'moderate' view between these competing theories; and offers a great deal of insights with concrete sources in his arguments. His concluding chapter; however; is a late edition to his work and undermines the previous chapter (even though that chapter is also a bit awkward) and appears out of place to the overall book. It is confusing to the reader as Kershaw tries to pinpoint the possible Influences of the German reunification in the historiography of Nazi Germany. That said; excluding chapter 10; it is good analysis and beneficial to the historiography of the Third Reich.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Jenn A.fine2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Buyer beware - *not* a new editionBy pogoThis review is not meant in any way to detract from what is an extraordinary; still indispensable book for anyone interested in the historiography of the Third Reich. Put simply; nothing else to date has come close to its scope or quality.But if; like myself; you've been eagerly awaiting a new edition (the most recent; 4th ed. was published in 2000); be warned that this is not it. Kershaw admits in the short preface here that he has sworn not to produce an updated edition: with the exception of two pages of prefatory comments; there are absolutely no changes to the text or the bibliography. This is the 2000 edition. I'm gratified it is still in print; but would not have plumped for it if the description had been clear.
