The Pullman Strike: A Gilded Age Clash between Labor, Capital, and Government (Critical Moments in American History)

Synopsis

This book examines the 1894 Pullman Strike, one of the most consequential clashes between labor and capital that paralyzed America’s railroad system.The Gilded Age saw rapid economic growth, expansion of industrialization, and real wage growth. Yet between 1800 and 1900 there were nearly 37,000 strikes, and the Pullman Strike reflected the broad dissatisfaction and unrest among American workers. The book consists of an engaging narrative, analysis of existing scholarship, sidebars, and primary source documents which collectively answer why the Pullman Strike is so critical to the American Experience: it exposed the limits of paternalistic capitalism, revealed the extraordinary power of big business, introduced the use of injunctions to stop strikes, and launched the career of the iconic labor leader Eugene Debs. Overall, it reveals what struggles workers encountered when forming unions, the changing role of government regarding the economy, and the threat that unchecked big business posed to democracy.The Pullman Strike is useful for all undergraduate students who study the Gilded Age, industrial relations, and labor, urban, and economic history in the United States.

Copyright:

2025

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ISBN-13:

9781040126950

Related ISBNs:

9781040126929, 9781003388784, 9781032473826, 9781032483917

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

10/02/24

Copyrighted By:

Edward T. O’Donnell. The right of Edward T. O’Donnell to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

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Bookshare Staff

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