Bread--and Roses: The Struggle of American Labor, 1865-1915Penguin Publishing Group, 1977 - 231 стор. A documented account of the growth of the American labor movement from the Civil War to World War I. Examines labor conditions resulting from the change to mass production in mine, mill, and railroad; child labor; women workers; tenement life and sweatshops as contrasted to the life of the rich in the Gilded Age; and the strikes that made the union a permanent institution. |
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... town's 12,000 residents . The men made and repaired Pullman's dining , sleep- ing and club cars , which were operated under contract on 125,000 miles of railroad , some three - fourths of the nation's total trackage . Founded in 1880 ...
... town's 12,000 residents . The men made and repaired Pullman's dining , sleep- ing and club cars , which were operated under contract on 125,000 miles of railroad , some three - fourths of the nation's total trackage . Founded in 1880 ...
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... town : Wide divergence existed in the character of Pullman homes . The brickyard dwellings , which George Pullman denied were a part of the town , consisted of small shan- ties without modern sewage facilities or other conven- iences ...
... town : Wide divergence existed in the character of Pullman homes . The brickyard dwellings , which George Pullman denied were a part of the town , consisted of small shan- ties without modern sewage facilities or other conven- iences ...
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... towns were incorporated towns . The mayor of the town was the mine superintendent . The school board was composed of company officials . The only store in town was the company store . All the houses were company houses , rented by the ...
... towns were incorporated towns . The mayor of the town was the mine superintendent . The school board was composed of company officials . The only store in town was the company store . All the houses were company houses , rented by the ...
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Revolution by Machine | 3 |
Only Bread and Nothing More? | 6 |
Children in the Mills | 26 |
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Altgeld American Federation American Railway Union anarchists August Spies Baldwin-Felts began boycott boys Bread and roses called capital Carnegie cent Chicago child clothing coal Colorado committee corporations craft union crowd Debs dollars earned eight-hour day employer factories Federation of Labor fire force Frick George Pullman Gompers Haymarket hired Homestead immigrants industrial union Industrial Workers iron killed Knights of Labor labor organization Lawrence leader living Ludlow M. C. ESCHER machine machinery marching militia million mills miners mines movement muckrakers National Labor Union Negroes night Pinkerton plant police poor President profits Pullman Pullman strike rail railroad refused rent reported Rockefeller scabs shoes skilled Socialists Spies spool steel streets strike strikebreakers struggle tenement tent colony textile thousands tion took town trade troops trust unskilled wage cut wealth week women and children workingmen World York
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