Texas labor historyedited by Bruce A. Glasrud and James C. Maroney.
Texas labor historyedited by Bruce A. Glasrud and James C. Maroney.
- first edition.
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (viii, 444 pages)
- Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 119 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: the neglected heritage of Texas labor / The early history of labor organizations in Texas, 1838-1876 / On empire's shore : free and unfree workers in Galveston, Texas, 1840-1860 / The cowboy strike of 1883 : its causes and meaning / The radical potential of the Knights' biracialism : the 1885-1886 Gould system strikes and their aftermath / "Underground patriots" : Thurber coal miners and the struggle for industrial freedom, 1888-1903 / The gospel of wealth goes south : John Henry Kirby and labor's struggle for self-determination, 1901-1916 / Tenant farmer discontent and socialist protest in Texas, 1901-1917 / The Texas-Louisiana oil field strike of 1917 / Opening the closed shop : the Galveston longshoremen's strike of 1920-1921 / Tejana radical : Emma Tenayuca and the San Antonio labor movement during the Great Depression / Unionizing the Trinity Portland Cement Company in Dallas, Texas, 1934-1939 / Discord in Dallas : auto workers, city fathers, and the Ford Motor Company, 1937-1941 / Texas homeworkers in the Depression / Black Texans and theater craft unionism : the struggle for racial equality / The failed promise of wartime opportunity for Mexicans in the Texas oil industry / No gold watch for Jim Crow's retirement : the abolition of segregated unionism at Houston's Hughes Tool Company / "Better to die on our feet than to live on our knees" : United Farm Workers and strikes in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1966-1967 / Adelante compañeros : the sanitation worker's struggle in Lubbock, Texas, 1968-1972 / James C. Maroney and Bruce A. Glasrud -- James V. Reese -- Robert S. Shelton -- Robert E. Zeigler -- Theresa A. Case -- Marilyn D. Rhinehart -- George T. Morgan Jr. -- James R. Green -- James C. Maroney -- Joseph Abel -- Zaragosa Vargas -- Gregg Andrews -- George N. Green -- Julia Kirk Blackwelder -- Ernest Obadele-Starks -- Emilio Zamora -- Michael R. Botson Jr. -- Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson -- Yolanda G. Romero.
9781603449786
Labor--History--Texas--19th century.
Labor--History--Texas--20th century.
Labor movement--History--Texas--19th century.
Labor movement--History--Texas--20th century.
Labor unions--History--Texas--19th century.
Labor unions--History--Texas--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HD8083 / .T493 2013
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: the neglected heritage of Texas labor / The early history of labor organizations in Texas, 1838-1876 / On empire's shore : free and unfree workers in Galveston, Texas, 1840-1860 / The cowboy strike of 1883 : its causes and meaning / The radical potential of the Knights' biracialism : the 1885-1886 Gould system strikes and their aftermath / "Underground patriots" : Thurber coal miners and the struggle for industrial freedom, 1888-1903 / The gospel of wealth goes south : John Henry Kirby and labor's struggle for self-determination, 1901-1916 / Tenant farmer discontent and socialist protest in Texas, 1901-1917 / The Texas-Louisiana oil field strike of 1917 / Opening the closed shop : the Galveston longshoremen's strike of 1920-1921 / Tejana radical : Emma Tenayuca and the San Antonio labor movement during the Great Depression / Unionizing the Trinity Portland Cement Company in Dallas, Texas, 1934-1939 / Discord in Dallas : auto workers, city fathers, and the Ford Motor Company, 1937-1941 / Texas homeworkers in the Depression / Black Texans and theater craft unionism : the struggle for racial equality / The failed promise of wartime opportunity for Mexicans in the Texas oil industry / No gold watch for Jim Crow's retirement : the abolition of segregated unionism at Houston's Hughes Tool Company / "Better to die on our feet than to live on our knees" : United Farm Workers and strikes in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1966-1967 / Adelante compañeros : the sanitation worker's struggle in Lubbock, Texas, 1968-1972 / James C. Maroney and Bruce A. Glasrud -- James V. Reese -- Robert S. Shelton -- Robert E. Zeigler -- Theresa A. Case -- Marilyn D. Rhinehart -- George T. Morgan Jr. -- James R. Green -- James C. Maroney -- Joseph Abel -- Zaragosa Vargas -- Gregg Andrews -- George N. Green -- Julia Kirk Blackwelder -- Ernest Obadele-Starks -- Emilio Zamora -- Michael R. Botson Jr. -- Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson -- Yolanda G. Romero.
9781603449786
Labor--History--Texas--19th century.
Labor--History--Texas--20th century.
Labor movement--History--Texas--19th century.
Labor movement--History--Texas--20th century.
Labor unions--History--Texas--19th century.
Labor unions--History--Texas--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HD8083 / .T493 2013