[BOOK][B] The Centralia Conspiracy
R Chaplin - 2019 - books.google.com
By Ralph Chaplin: In" The Centralia Conspiracy," Chaplin provides a detailed account of the
Centralia Massacre of 1919, a pivotal event in labor history. Through meticulous research …
Centralia Massacre of 1919, a pivotal event in labor history. Through meticulous research …
[BOOK][B] The homestead strike: Labor, violence, and American industry
P Kahan - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
On July 6, 1892, three hundred armed Pinkerton agents arrived in Homestead,
Pennsylvania to retake the Carnegie Steelworks from the company's striking workers. As the …
Pennsylvania to retake the Carnegie Steelworks from the company's striking workers. As the …
[BOOK][B] The battle of Blair Mountain: The story of America's largest labor uprising
R Shogan - 2006 - books.google.com
The Battle of Blair Mountain covers a profoundly significant but long-neglected slice of
American history-the largest armed uprising on American soil since the Civil War. In 1921 …
American history-the largest armed uprising on American soil since the Civil War. In 1921 …
[BOOK][B] The Union is Dissolved!: Charleston and Fort Sumter in the Civil War
DW Bostick - 2008 - books.google.com
Join Charleston historian Doug Bostick as he traces the political turmoil of 1860 and early
1861, when the firebrands of secession in Charleston were pushing the South to act …
1861, when the firebrands of secession in Charleston were pushing the South to act …
Opening the Closed Shop: The Galveston Longshoremen's Strike of 1920-1921
J Abel - Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 2007 - muse.jhu.edu
These stanzas illustrate the frustration of the island's coastwise longshoremen in late June
1920-—on strike for a 25 percent wage increase since March 19. Day after day, hundreds of …
1920-—on strike for a 25 percent wage increase since March 19. Day after day, hundreds of …
[BOOK][B] The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland
T Gilpin - 2020 - books.google.com
“The definitive history of an important but largely forgotten labor organization and its heroic
struggles with an icon of industrial capitalism.”—Ahmed A. White, author of The Last Great …
struggles with an icon of industrial capitalism.”—Ahmed A. White, author of The Last Great …
[BOOK][B] A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln
E Foner, O Mahoney - 1990 - books.google.com
This analysis of the American Civil War pieces together a complex sequence of events, at
the centre of which was slavery and the issue of its expansion into America's western …
the centre of which was slavery and the issue of its expansion into America's western …
The great exception revisited: Organized labor and politics in San Francisco and Los Angeles, 1870-1940
M Kazin - The Pacific Historical Review, 1986 - JSTOR
In 1949, Carey McWilliams summarized, with one phrase, the character of organized labor in
his adopted state:" It has been the total engagement of labor in California that has, from the …
his adopted state:" It has been the total engagement of labor in California that has, from the …
[BOOK][B] The unfinished struggle: Turning points in American labor, 1877-present
S Babson - 1999 - books.google.com
The Unfinished Struggle is one of the most concise, comprehensive, and accessible
histories of the modern American labor movement ever written. Labor scholar and activist …
histories of the modern American labor movement ever written. Labor scholar and activist …
[BOOK][B] Death in the haymarket: A story of Chicago, the first labor movement and the bombing that divided gilded age America
J Green - 2007 - books.google.com
On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen,
seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a …
seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a …