This finely detailed narrative is the definitive account of the rise to power of the Chicago labor movement amidst the 1877 railroad strike, the 1886 struggle over the eight-hour workday, and the 1894 Pullman strike.
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"Schneirov's excellent study examines the impact of the organized working class on Chicago politics from the end of the American Civil War to the close of the nineteenth century... This exhaustively researched book, which makes labour history an integral and important part of the mainstream American history, is heartily recommended." -- John F. Lyons, Labour History Reviews
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In 1864 the nation's attention was riveted on the progress of the Union army as it broke the military stalemate of the first two years of the war and conducted continuous and intensive offensive operations in the South. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political collective bargaining, independent labor politics, mugwump liberals, millwork contractors, machine woodworkers, labor patriotism, outdoor laborers, labor republicanism, respectable reformers, new labor history, labor reformers, clothing cutters, packinghouse workers, iron molders, republican socialism, business reformers, rights republicanism, high license fees, streetcar strike, independent labor party, strike commission, local labor movement, nonunion men, building trades workers, trade autonomy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chicago Tribune, New York, United States, Land League, Citizens Association, Progressive Age, Chicago Times, Civic Federation, University of Chicago Press, Workingman's Advocate, Cambridge University Press, Civil War, University of Illinois Press, Henry Demarest Lloyd, Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, Irish World, Gilded Age, George Schilling, Carter Harrison, Jane Addams, Socialist Labor, Labor Enquirer, Chicago Express, Eight Hour Association, Oxford University Press New!
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In 1864 the nation's attention was riveted on the progress of the Union army as it broke the military stalemate of the first two years of the war and conducted continuous and intensive offensive operations in the South. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political collective bargaining, independent labor politics, mugwump liberals, millwork contractors, machine woodworkers, labor patriotism, outdoor laborers, labor republicanism, respectable reformers, new labor history, labor reformers, clothing cutters, packinghouse workers, iron molders, republican socialism, business reformers, rights republicanism, high license fees, streetcar strike, independent labor party, strike commission, local labor movement, nonunion men, building trades workers, trade autonomy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chicago Tribune, New York, United States, Land League, Citizens Association, Progressive Age, Chicago Times, Civic Federation, University of Chicago Press, Workingman's Advocate, Cambridge University Press, Civil War, University of Illinois Press, Henry Demarest Lloyd, Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, Irish World, Gilded Age, George Schilling, Carter Harrison, Jane Addams, Socialist Labor, Labor Enquirer, Chicago Express, Eight Hour Association, Oxford University Press New!
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- Seeing with Their Hearts: Chicago Women and the Vision of the Good City, 1871-1933 by Maureen A. Flanagan on 4 pages
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- For the Common Good? American Civic Life and the Golden Age of Fraternity by Jason Kaufman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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