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Paperback. Zustand: Good. For one week in late July of 1877, America shook with anger and fear as a variety of urban residents, mostly working class, attacked railroad property in dozens of towns and cities. The Great Strike of 1877 was one of the largest and most violent urban uprisings in American history.Whereas most historians treat the event solely as a massive labor strike that targeted the railroads, David O. Stowell examines America's predicament more broadly to uncover the roots of this rebellion. He studies the urban origins of the Strike in three upstate New York cities?Buffalo, Albany, and Syracuse. He finds that locomotives rumbled through crowded urban spaces, sending panicked horses and their wagons careening through streets. Hundreds of people were killed and injured with appalling regularity. The trains also disrupted street traffic and obstructed certain forms of commerce. For these reasons, Stowell argues, The Great Strike was not simply an uprising fueled by disgruntled workers. Rather, it was a grave reflection of one of the most direct and damaging ways many people experienced the Industrial Revolution."Through meticulously crafted case studies . . . the author advances the thesis that the strike had urban roots, that in substantial part it represented a community uprising. . . .A particular strength of the book is Stowell's description of the horrendous accidents, the toll in human life, and the continual disruption of craft, business, and ordinary movement engendered by building railroads into the heart of cities."?Charles N. Glaab, American Historical Review.…

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Zustand: New. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272. . 1999. New ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Zustand: New. A spectacular example of collective violence, the Great Strikes of 1877 was the first national strike and the first major strikes against the railroad industry. This title investigates topics ranging from long-term effects on state militias and national guard units, to developing tension between capitalism and racial equality in United States. Editor(s): Stowell, David O. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; KNXB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354. . 2008. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. First printing [Stated]. The format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. ix, [3], 197, [7] pages. Notes. Contributors. Index. Sticker residue on back cover. This is one of The Working Class in American History series. David O. Stowell is a project specialist for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 200 United. A spectacular example of collective violence, the Great Strikes of 1877 was the first national strike and the first major strikes against the railroad industry. In some places, notably St. Louis, non-railroad workers also abandoned city businesses, creating one of the nation's first general strikes. Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of workers, the Great Strikes of 1877 transformed the nation's political landscape, shifting the primary political focus from Reconstruction to labor, capital, and the changing role of the state. Including essays by distinguished historians exploring the social, political, regional, and ethnic landscape of the Great Strikes of 1877, this collection investigates long-term effects on state militias and national guard units; ethnic and class characterization of strikers; pictorial depictions of poor laborers in the press; organizational strategies employed by railroad workers; participation by blacks; violence against Chinese immigrants; and the developing tension between capitalism and racial equality in the United States. Contributors include Joshua Brown, Steven J. Hoffman, Michael Kazin, David Miller, Richard Schneirov, David O. Stowell, and Shelton Stromquist.…

Trade paperback. Zustand: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. The format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. xii, 181, [7] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. The cover has minor wear and soiling. David O. Stowell was an assistant professor of history at Keene State College when he authored this seminal work. This is one of the Historical Studies of Urban America series. For one week in late July of 1877, America shook with anger and fear as a variety of urban residents, mostly working class, attacked railroad property in dozens of towns and cities. The Great Strike of 1877 was one of the largest and most violent urban uprisings in American history. David O. Stowell examines America's predicament to uncover the roots of this rebellion. He studies the origins of the Strike in three upstate New York cities--Buffalo, Albany, and Syracuse. He finds that locomotives rumbled through crowded urban spaces, sending panicked horses and their wagons careening through streets. People were killed and injured with appalling regularity. The trains disrupted traffic and obstructed commerce. Stowell argues, The Great Strike was not simply an uprising fueled by disgruntled workers. Rather, it was a reflection of one of the most direct and damaging ways people experienced the Industrial Revolution. "The author advances the thesis that the strike. represented a community uprising.A particular strength of the book is Stowell's description of the horrendous accidents, the toll in human life, and the continual disruption of craft, business, and ordinary movement engendered by building railroads into the heart of cities."--Charles Glaab, American Historical Review. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the first strike that spread across multiple states in the U.S. The strike ended 52 days later, after it was put down by unofficial militias, the National Guard, and federal troops. Because of economic problems and pressure on wages by the railroads, workers in numerous other states, from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois and Missouri, also went on strike. An estimated 100 people were killed in the unrest across the country. In Martinsburg, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and other cities, workers burned down and destroyed both physical facilities and the rolling stock of the railroadsengines and railroad cars. Some locals feared that workers were rising in revolution, similar to the Paris Commune of 1871, while others joined their efforts against the railroads. At the time, the workers were not represented by trade unions. The city and state governments were aided by unofficial militias, the National Guard, federal troops and private militias organized by the railroads, who all fought against the workers. Disruption was widespread and at its height, the strikes were supported by about 100,000 workers. With the intervention of federal troops in several locations, most of the strikes were suppressed by early August 1877. Labor continued to work to organize into unions to work for better wages and conditions. Fearing future social disruption, many cities built armories to support local National Guard units; these defensive buildings still stand as symbols of the effort to suppress the labor unrest of this period. With public attention on workers' wages and conditions, the B&O in 1880 founded an Employee Relief Association to provide death benefits and some health care. In 1884, it established a worker pension plan. Other improvements were implemented later. When the Civil War ended, a boom in railroad construction ensued; roughly 35,000 miles of new track was laid from coast to coast between 1866 and 1873. The railroads, then the second-largest employer outside of agriculture, required large amounts of capital investment, and thus entailed massive financial risk. Speculators fed.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877--actually a sequence of related actions--was America's first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry. In some places, non-railroad workers also abandoned city businesses, creating one of the nation's first general strikes. Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of workers, the Great Strikes of 1877 transformed the nation's political landscape, shifting the primary political focus from Reconstruction to labor, capital, and the changing role of the state.Probing essays by distinguished historians explore the social, political, regional, and ethnic landscape of the Great Strikes of 1877: long-term effects on state militias and national guard units; ethnic and class characterization of strikers; pictorial representations of poor laborers in the press; organizational strategies employed by railroad workers; participation by blacks; violence against Chinese immigrants; and the developing tension between capitalism and racial equality in the United States.Contributors: Joshua Brown, Steven J. Hoffman, Michael Kazin, David Miller, Richard Schneirov, David O. Stowell, and Shelton Stromquist.…

Zustand: New. New perspectives on a pivotal moment in U.S. historyInhaltsverzeichnisContributors include Joshua Brown, Steven J. Hoffman, Michael Kazin, David Miller, Richard Schneirov, David O. Stowell, and Shelton StromquistKlappente.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The 'Industrial Revolution Incarnate'2. The Contested Terrain of the Streets3. Striking against the Railroads4. Who Was in the Crowd 5. The AftermathConclusion: The Great Strike as Urban HistoryNotesSelected BibliographyIndex.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Industrial Revolution Incarnate 2. The Contested Terrain of the Streets3. Striking against the Railroads4. Who Was in the Crowd?5. The AftermathConclusion: The Great Strike a.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Great Strikes of 1877 | David O. Stowell | Taschenbuch | Working Class in American History | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2008 | University of Illinois Press | EAN 9780252074776 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Industrial Revolution Incarnate 2. The Contested Terrain of the Streets3. Striking against the Railroads4. Who Was in the Crowd?5. The AftermathConclusion: The Great Stri.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The 'Industrial Revolution Incarnate'2. The Contested Terrain of the Streets3. Striking against the Railroads4. Who Was in the Crowd 5. The AftermathConclusion: The Great Strike as Urban HistoryNotesSelected BibliographyIndex.…