Leon, Cedric de, <br/><br/>
The origins of right to work :  antilabor democracy in nineteenth-century Chicago / 
Cedric de Leon. 
 - 1 online resource (185 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Tracing the origins of the right to work -- The critique of wage dependency, 1828-1844 -- The political crisis over slavery and the rise of free labor, 1844-1860 -- The war years, or, The triumphs and reversals of free labor ideology, 1861-1865 -- Anti-labor democracy and the working class, 1865-1887 -- Epilogue : neoliberalism in the rustbelt. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801455889 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Open and closed shop--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.<br/>Labor--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.<br/>Labor movement--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.<br/>Working class--Political activity--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.<br/>Political parties--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD6488.2.U6  / L46 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.88/92097731109034