Chicago in the age of capital [[electronic resource] ] : class, politics, and democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction / / John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov

• Autore: Jentz John B. <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.09773/1109034
• Soggetto topico: Labor - Illinois - Chicago - History - 19th century; Working class - Illinois - Chicago - History - 19th century; Capitalism - Illinois - Chicago - History - 19th century; Industrialization - Illinois - Chicago - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 19th century; Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 19th century
• Altri autori: SchneirovRichard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The city -- The internationale of the citizen workers: from slavery to the labor question -- The eight-hour day and the legitimacy of wage labor -- Chicago's immigrant working class and the rise of urban populism, 1867-73 -- Class and politics during the depression of the 1870s -- Combat in the streets: the Railroad Strike of 1877 and its consequences -- Regime change.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this history of mid-19th-century Chicago, historians John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov trace the capitalist transition in Chicago during the critical decades from the 1850's through the 1870's, a period that saw the rise of a permanent wage-worker class and the formation of an industrial middle class.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chicago in the age of capital
• ISBN: 0-252-09395-X; 1-283-99352-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779465003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Working class in American history.