Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Charts, Map, And Plates -- Tables -- Appendix Tables -- Foreword -- I. Introduction -- II. Factors and Conditions Influencing Wages, Employee Earnings, and Opportunity for Employment -- III. The Trend of the Rates of Tonnage Men -- IV. The Rates of...

Economic transitions have the potential to displace workers and cause social unrest. Coal mine closures in the eastern United States due to the changing electricity system and the resulting employment losses in rural areas have become salient issues for all levels of government. Previous...