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The Great Strikes of 1877 (2008)

University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 2008
Language: English

ISBN: 9780252032417

Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Book Series: The working class in American history
Physical Details: 197 pp., illustrations

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Social structure Working class Labor unions Railroads 19th century United States

A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877 - actually a sequence of related strikes - was the first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry. (Publisher)

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Review Collins, Stephen G. (Fall-Winter 2008) Review of "The Great Strikes of 1877". Railroad History (p. 87). unapi

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