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03113aam a2200385 i 4500 001 5DCCE6468B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161006010101 008 160314t20162016ilua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016005090 020 $a 0875804985 020 $a 9780875804989 035 $a (OCoLC)953440544 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c STF $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d CDX $d TKN $d COO $d PIT $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD8072 P897 2016 100 1 $a Prout, Jerry, $e author. 245 10 $a Coxey's crusade for jobs : $b unemployment in the Gilded Age / $c Jerry Prout. 264 1 $a Dekalb : $b Northern Illinois University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a 152 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-152) and index. 520 $a "In the depths of a depression in 1894, a highly successful Gilded Age businessman named Jacob Coxey led a group of jobless men on a march from his hometown of Massillon, Ohio, to the steps of the nation's Capitol. Though a financial panic and the resulting widespread business failures caused millions of Americans to be without work at the time, the word unemployment was rarely used and generally misunderstood. In an era that worshipped the self-reliant individual who triumphed in a laissez-faire market, the out-of-work "tramp" was disparaged as weak or flawed, and undeserving of assistance. Private charities were unable to meet the needs of the jobless, and only a few communities experimented with public works programs. Despite these limitations, Coxey conceived a plan to put millions back to work building a nationwide system of roads and drew attention to his idea with the march to Washington. In Coxey's Crusade for Jobs, Jerry Prout recounts Coxey's story and adds depth and context by focusing on the reporters who were embedded in the march. Their fascinating depictions of life on the road occupied the headlines and front pages of America's newspapers for more than a month, turning the spectacle into a serialized drama. These accounts humanized the idea of unemployment and helped Americans realize that in a new industrial economy, unemployment was not going away and the unemployed deserved attention. This unique study will appeal to scholars and students interested in the Gilded Age and US and labor history"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Coxey, Jacob Sechler, $d 1854-1951. 610 20 $a Coxey's Army. 650 0 $a Labor $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Unemployment $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Working class $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Unemployed $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Prout, Jerry, author. $t Coxey's crusade for jobs. $d Dekalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2016] $z 9781609091972 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210015730.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170503023442.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5DCCE6468B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search