Jentz, John B.,  1944- <br/><br/>
Chicago in the age of capital :  class, politics, and democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction / 
John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov. 
 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - The working class in American history .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718755 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015995325  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Labor--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.<br/>Working class--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.<br/>Capitalism--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.<br/>Industrialization--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD8085  / .C453 2012