When workers shot back : : class conflict from 1877 to 1921 /

When workers shot back : : class conflict from 1877 to 1921 / / edited by Robert Ovetz.

The United States looks today much like it did in the late 19th to early 20th century. Open class conflict is disappearing, strikes are becoming rare, unions are declining, corporate power is growing, and work is insecure and contingent. When Workers Shot Back: Class Conflict from 1877 to 1921 explo...

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VerfasserIn:
Ovetz, Robert,
TeilnehmendeR:
Ovetz, Robert.
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Historical Materialism Book Series 162.
Physical Description:1 online resource (613 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Introduction
  • The 1877 Railroad Strike
  • Suppressing a Volcano: The 1877 Railroad Strike
  • ‘We Shall Consume Their Shops with Fire’: Working-Class Recomposition in the 1877 Railroad Strike
  • Putting Out the Class on Fire: A New Capital Composition
  • The 1894 Railroad Strike
  • The Nineties Dripped with Blood: The 1894 Railroad Strike
  • Government by Injunction and Bayonet: Working-Class Recomposition in the 1894 Railroad Strike
  • Managing the Class Struggle: A New Capital Composition
  • Revolt of the Rank and File
  • The Dynamite Conspiracy: US Steel vs. the Iron Workers
  • War in Europe, War on Capital: The WWI Wildcat Strike Wave
  • Revolt of the Rank and File: The Steel and Seattle General Strikes
  • The Redneck Army: West Virginia Mine War
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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