Chicago in the Age of Capital : Class, Politics, and Democracy During the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (330 pages)
- Working Class in American History Series .
- Working Class in American History Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The City -- 2 The Internationale of the Citizen Workers: From Slavery to the Labor Question -- 3 The Eight-Hour Day and the Legitimacy of Wage Labor -- 4 Chicago's Immigrant Working Class and the Rise of Urban Populism, 1867-73 -- 5 Class and Politics during the Depression of the 1870s -- 6 Combat in the Streets: The Railroad Strike of 1877 and Its Consequences -- 7 Regime Change -- Notes -- Index -- back cover.
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