Title: Labor and urban politics
First published: 1998
Description: This finely detailed narrative is the definitive account of the rise to power of the Chicago labor movement amidst the 1877 railroad strike, the 1886 struggle over the eight-hour workday, and the 1894 Pullman strike.
Subjects: History, Politics and government, Liberalism, Labor unions, Working class, Political activity, Chicago (ill.), politics and government, Working class, united states, Labor unions, political activity, Labor unions, united states
Places: Illinois, Chicago, Chicago (Ill.)
Time periods: 19th century, To 1950
LC classification: F548.42 .S35 1998