Bringing our understanding of the events up to date with the latest historiography, The Great Strikes of 1877 is the first volume to assess the strikes' larger implications while also looking closely at their dynamics in particular local settings."-Joseph A. "Few events in American labor history are more fraught with significance than the Great Strikes. “As many historians consider the strikes of 1877 to be the beginning of the organized labor movement in the United States, the lessons learned from this epic can serve to educate activists of today, and Stowell’s work provides a concise guide.”- Labor Studies Journal "These insightful essays let us glimpse the nation's first responses, its initial stumbling steps in a painful, sometimes bloody process of adjustment that, in many ways, occupies the nation to this day."- Business History Review Reviews"Stowell, author of the definitive Streets, Railroads and the Great Strike of 1877, brings together social historians who examine how the strikes created a shift in the pictorial stereotyping of workers in the pages of illustrated newspapers the railroad strikes in Hornellsville, New York how the 'Battle of Halsted Street' revitalized the labor movement in Chicago politics strike fears and agitation in Memphis, Nashville, and Louisville details of the strike in San Francisco, where Chinese immigrants were the target and the effect of the strikes on Hispanic and Mexican-American labor and racial issues in southern California."- C&RL News Hoffman, Michael Kazin, David Miller, Richard Schneirov, David O. ![]() Bilhartz wrote that the workers began the strike when the Baltimore &. On the Great Strikes see: Bruce, 1877: Year of Violence Nick Salvatore, 'Railroad Workers and the Great Strike of 1877: the view from a small midwest city,' Labor History 21 (Fall 1980), 522-45 Richard Schneirov, 'Chicagos Great Upheaval of 1877,' Chicago History (1980), 3-17 David R. Probing essays by distinguished historians explore the social, political, regional, and ethnic landscape of the Great Strikes of 1877: long-term effects on state militias and national guard units ethnic and class characterization of strikers pictorial representations of poor laborers in the press organizational strategies employed by railroad workers participation by blacks violence against Chinese immigrants and the developing tension between capitalism and racial equality in the United States.Ĭontributors: Joshua Brown, Steven J. In their book, Constructing the American Past, Elliot Gorn, Randy Roberts and Terry D. Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of workers, the Great Strikes of 1877 transformed the nation's political landscape, shifting the primary political focus from Reconstruction to labor, capital, and the changing role of the state. In some places, non-railroad workers also abandoned city businesses, creating one of the nation's first general strikes. In the end, they accomplished little.About the BookA spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877-actually a sequence of related actions-was America's first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry. The strike collapsed in weeks due to a lack of organization. Strikers rioted and burned train stations about 100 were killed by militias and the National Guard. The strike spread to Pittsburgh and then much of the Northeast, eventually involving about 100,000 workers. Workers in Martinsburg, W.Va., responded by detaching train engines and barring them from moving. The Great Upheaval began after four years of economic depression, in July 1877, when railroad bosses announced a 10 percent pay cut, the second in eight months. ![]() ![]() Library of Congress The Great Upheaval, 1877 ![]() Here’s a look at how other rail strikes have changed America. Rail strikes and the threat of them have played a key role in American history, helping to bring about the eight-hour workday, federal recognition of Labor Day, and the advancement of Black civil rights. 5, after members of a major railroad union narrowly rejected a White House-brokered deal, union officials announced Monday. Economy From an 8-hour workday to Labor Day: Rail strikes that changed AmericaĪ national rail strike that could paralyze much of the economy ahead of the holidays could begin as early as Dec.
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