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Author:

Jentz, John B., 1944-

Title:

Chicago in the age of capital : class, politics, and democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction / John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xii, 310 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Labor--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Working class--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Capitalism--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Industrialization--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Other Authors:

Schneirov, Richard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The city -- The internationale of the citizen workers: from slavery to the labor question -- The eight-hour day and the legitimacy of wage labor -- Chicago's immigrant working class and the rise of urban populism, 1867-73 -- Class and politics during the depression of the 1870s -- Combat in the streets: the Railroad Strike of 1877 and its consequences -- Regime change.

Series:

The working class in American history

ISBN:

0252036832 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780252036835 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)754518593

LCCN:

2011039506

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)