Download or read book Go Ye and Study the Beehive written by Jeannette Rodda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-12 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000. More than any other occupation, the long history of mining raises issues of class and dependency, of men, women, and children bound to permanent wage work or forced labor underground with small hope of securing an independent living. Like all popular images, perceptions of workers reveal as much about the nature of the dominant culture as about the complex experiences of workers themselves. The main purpose of this study is to document and analyze the development of working-class culture in the mining camps of the American West.