GENERATION of BOOMERS: The Pattern of Railroad Labor Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America (Working Class in American History) - Softcover

Stromquist, Shelton

 
9780252063442: GENERATION of BOOMERS: The Pattern of Railroad Labor Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America (Working Class in American History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252063449 ISBN 13: 9780252063442
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1993

Synopsis

"'Boomer' railroad men have a cherished place in the popular imagination. Although the romance of their vocations and the itinerancy of their lives have been exaggerated, the term ‘Boomer' fittingly characterizes a significant portion of the generation of workers that built and operated the railroads during the expansive years of the late nineteenth century. There are numerous excellent accounts of the major railroad strikes for this period. There is also a rich literature of local studies that focus primarily on changes in working class culture and community in a variety of industrial settings. But we lack a framework for integrating the local analysis of social and cultural patterns with changes in the political economy of nineteenth-century American capitalism, and we lack an analysis of strikes that locates episodes within broader patterns of emerging class conflict. This volume is an attempt to build such a larger framework."

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About the Author

Shelton Stromquist is a professor emeritus of American, social, and labor history at the University of Iowa.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252063449
ISBN 13 
9780252063442
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
353

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