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<p>West Virginia is one of the most homogeneous states in the nation, with among the lowest ratios of foreign-born and minority populations among the states. But as this collection of historical studies demonstrates, this state was built by successive waves of immigrant labors, from the antebellum railroad builders to the twentieth-century coal miners. "Transnational West Virginia" offers a new understanding of how laborers and their communities shape a region's history. "Transnational West Virg
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- Author
- K. E. N. Fones-Wolf; Ronald L. Lewis
- Publisher
- West Virginia University Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780937058763
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Essays, 20th Century
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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