History Distinguished Lecture - "Fossil Fuels, Mine Labor & Industrial Struggle"

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Thomas G. Andrews, of the University of Colorado-Denver, will present the 2009 Department of History Distinguished Lecture, "Fossil Fuels, Mine Labor & Industrial Struggle: Making Sense of the Colorado Coalfield War."

An environmental, mining and labor historian, Andrews will be speaking on the origins of fossil-fuel dependency in the American West and the role of workplace environments in shaping mine-worker solidarity.

The author of the award-wining "Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War," Andrews' interdisciplinary research has been supported by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Among the honors received for "Killing for Coal" are the the Bancroft Prize, for the best book in American History, George Perkins Marsh Prize, for the best book in environmental history, and the Clark Spence Award, for the best book in mining history.

Andrews will also lead a graduate student roundtable discussion on Dec. 2 from 2-3:30 p.m., in Social Sciences Room 128.

His visit is co-sponsored by the department of history and the Institute of the Environment.  

Audience: All, Medium (51-100)