TY - BOOK AU - Jentz,John B. AU - Schneirov,Richard TI - Chicago in the age of capital: class, politics, and democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction T2 - The working class in American history AV - HD8085 .C453 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Labor KW - Illinois KW - Chicago KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Working class KW - Capitalism KW - Industrialization KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569571&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -