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Chicago in the age of capital : class, politics, and democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction  Cover Image E-book E-book

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

Jentz, John B., 1944- (Author). Schneirov, Richard. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780252093951
  • ISBN: 025209395X
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations.
  • Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Multi-user.
CatMonthString:october.15
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Restrictions: NLC students and staff only.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Social conditions.
Working class.
Capitalism.
Working class > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Industrialization.
Economic history.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Capitalism > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Labor > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Industrialization > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Labor.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Illinois > Chicago.
Genre: Electronic books.
History.


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