Green studied under the legendary historian C. He was Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
James Robert Green (Novem– June 23, 2016) was an American historian, author, and labor activist. Extensively researched and told in vibrant detail, The Devil Is Here in These Hills is the definitive book on an essential chapter in the history of American freedom. Fundamental rights were bent, then broken, and the violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict as an army of miners marched to an explosive showdown. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. But for tens of thousands of laborers, including boys as young as 10, mining life showed the bitter irony of the state motto: "mountaineers are always free". The state's high-quality coal drove American expansion and industrialization.
The value of West Virginia's coalfields had been known for decades, and after rail arrived in the 1870s, industrialists pushed fast into the wilderness, digging mines and building company towns where they wielded nearly complete control over everyday life. In The Devil Is Here in These Hills, celebrated labor historian James Green tells the story of West Virginia and coal like never before. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis verging on civil war that stretched from the creeks and hollows to the courts and the US Senate. On the other side were 50,000 mine workers, the nation's largest labor union, and the legendary "miners' angel", Mother Jones.
On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence.
From before the dawn of the 20th century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia.
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