Producers, Proletarians, and Politicians
Subtitle: Workers and Party Politics in Evansville and New Albany, Indiana, 1850-87 (Working Class in American History)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780252020193
Subjects: Political structure & processes; U.S. Practical Politics; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; General; United States - 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century; 19th century; Evansville; History; Indiana; New Albany; Political activity; Working class
First sentence: In 1886, Friedrich Engels viewed the meteoric rise of the Knights of Labor as evidence that proletarianized workers in the United States were on the verge of challenging their employers for economic and political power.