Chicago in the age of capital class, politics, and democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction / [electronic resource] :
John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.
- xii, 310 p. : ill.
- Working class in American history .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The city -- The internationale of the citizen workers: from slavery to the labor question -- The eight-hour day and the legitimacy of wage labor -- Chicago's immigrant working class and the rise of urban populism, 1867-73 -- Class and politics during the depression of the 1870s -- Combat in the streets: the Railroad Strike of 1877 and its consequences -- Regime change.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780252093951 (electronic bk.)
Labor--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century. Working class--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century. Capitalism--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century. Industrialization--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--19th century. Chicago (Ill.)--Economic conditions--19th century.