The Great Strikes of 1877 (Working Class in American History)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 31, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780252032417
Subjects: Political science & theory; Social history; Strikes; Transportation; USA; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Railroads - History; United States - 19th Century; Transportation / Railroads / History
Description: "A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877 - actually a sequence of related strikes - was the first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry."--Back cover.