Chicago in the age of capital : class, politics, and democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction / John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov.

By:

Jentz, John B, 1944- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Schneirov, Richard [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Working class in American historyPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780252093951
025209395X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chicago in the age of capitalDDC classification:

331.09773/1109034 23

LOC classification:

HD8085.C53

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Contents:

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.

Summary: In this history of mid-19th-century Chicago, historians John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov trace the capitalist transition in Chicago during the critical decades from the 1850s through the 1870s, a period that saw the rise of a permanent wage-worker class and the formation of an industrial middle class.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In this history of mid-19th-century Chicago, historians John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov trace the capitalist transition in Chicago during the critical decades from the 1850s through the 1870s, a period that saw the rise of a permanent wage-worker class and the formation of an industrial middle class.

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