LEADER 03866nam 2200613 450 001 9910796523403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-5690-7 010 $a1-60909-197-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501756900 035 $a(CKB)4100000001038134 035 $a(OCoLC)1017611811 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse61367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4903979 035 $a(DE-B1597)572241 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501756900 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4903979 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11463668 035 $a(OCoLC)944958019 035 $a(OCoLC)1229161616 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001038134 100 $a20171201h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCoxey's crusade for jobs $eunemployment in the Gilded Age /$fJerry Prout 210 1$aDekalb, [Illinois] :$cNorthern Illinois University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (152 pages :)$cillustrations ; 311 $a0-87580-498-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tINTRODUCTION The Cause of the Unemployed -- $tCHAPTER ONE They Sleep on Marble Floors -- $tCHAPTER TWO The Good Roads Plan -- $tCHAPTER THREE A Millenarian Spectacle -- $tCHAPTER FOUR Through the Prism of the Argus-Eyed -- $tCHAPTER FIVE "Coxey is Coming" -- $tEPILOGUE The Crusade Continued -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $a"In the depths of a depression in 1894, a highly successful Gilded Age businessman named Jacob Coxey led a group of jobless men on a march from his hometown of Massillon, Ohio, to the steps of the nation's Capitol. Though a financial panic and the resulting widespread business failures caused millions of Americans to be without work at the time, the word unemployment was rarely used and generally misunderstood. In an era that worshipped the self-reliant individual who triumphed in a laissez-faire market, the out-of-work "tramp" was disparaged as weak or flawed, and undeserving of assistance. Private charities were unable to meet the needs of the jobless, and only a few communities experimented with public works programs. Despite these limitations, Coxey conceived a plan to put millions back to work building a nationwide system of roads and drew attention to his idea with the march to Washington. In Coxey's Crusade for Jobs, Jerry Prout recounts Coxey's story and adds depth and context by focusing on the reporters who were embedded in the march. Their fascinating depictions of life on the road occupied the headlines and front pages of America's newspapers for more than a month, turning the spectacle into a serialized drama. These accounts humanized the idea of unemployment and helped Americans realize that in a new industrial economy, unemployment was not going away and the unemployed deserved attention. This unique study will appeal to scholars and students interested in the Gilded Age and US and labor history"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aLabor$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aUnemployment$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWorking class$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aUnemployed$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 610 $apopulism, laissez-faire market, Masillon Ohio, Jacob Coxey. 615 0$aLabor$xHistory 615 0$aUnemployment$xHistory 615 0$aWorking class$xHistory 615 0$aUnemployed$xHistory 676 $a331.13/797309034 686 $aHIS036040$2bisacsh 700 $aProut$b Jerry$01580294 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796523403321 996 $aCoxey's crusade for jobs$93861127 997 $aUNINA