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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 []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HD8085 .C453 2012

Online resources:

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Contents:

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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	HD8085.53 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn826443619

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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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