The Great Southwest Railroad Strike and free labor
By: Theresa A. Case.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Red River Valley books -- no. 3; Red River Valley books -- no. 3.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781603441704
Subjects: Gould, Jay, -- 1836-1892; Knights of Labor -- History; Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- Southwestern States -- History -- 19th century; Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Southwestern States -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Based on: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002, entitled: Free labor on the Southwestern railroads : the 1885-1886 Gould system strikes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Constructing a new Southwest; title: Labor kinship; title: Hierarchy and conflict; title: Southwestern railroaders and the receding 'frontier of labor scarcity'; title: Testing the hierarchies; title: The independent path of District Assembly 101; title: Blaming Martin Irons.