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. Hinging on a major reinterpretation of the Haymarket era, LABOR AND URBAN POLITICS argues for labor's profound influence on the shaping of urban politics and the transformation of liberalism in late 19th-century America.
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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. Hinging on a major reinterpretation of the Haymarket era, LABOR AND URBAN POLITICS argues for labor's profound influence on the shaping of urban politics and the transformation of liberalism in late 19th-century America.
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