Making a new deal : industrial workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 / Lizabeth Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Lizabeth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Working class.

History.

Illinois--Chicago.

Physical Description:

xviii, 526 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Summary:

In the midst of the Great Depression, workers in Chicago's packinghouses, steel mills, and other mass production factories, many of whom were unemployed, demanded that the federal government come to their rescue. These stockyard workers paraded down the streets of the Back of the Yards neighborhood in late 1932 agitating for more government relief. A few years later, industrial demands of their employers as well.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521381347

OCLC:

20723094