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Author Case, Theresa Ann, 1965-

Title The Great Southwest Railroad Strike and free labor [electronic resource] / Theresa A. Case.

Imprint College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 279 p.
Series Red River Valley books ; no. 3
Red River Valley books ; no. 3.
Note Based on: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002, entitled: Free labor on the Southwestern railroads : the 1885-1886 Gould system strikes.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-274) and index.
Contents Constructing a new Southwest -- Labor kinship -- Hierarchy and conflict -- Southwestern railroaders and the receding 'frontier of labor scarcity' -- Testing the hierarchies -- The independent path of District Assembly 101 -- Blaming Martin Irons.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.
Knights of Labor -- History.
Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- Southwestern States -- History -- 19th century.
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Southwestern States -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781603441704 (cloth : alk. paper)
1603441700 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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