The Great Southwest Railroad Strike and free labor / Theresa A. Case.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Case, Theresa Ann, 1965-

Series:

• Red River Valley books ; no. 3.
• Red River Valley books ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Knights of Labor.
• Strikes and lockouts--Railroads--Southwestern States--History--19th century.
• Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--Southwestern States--History--19th century.
• Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.
• Knights of Labor--History.
• History.
• Railroads--Employees--Labor unions.
• Strikes and lockouts--Railroads.

Genre:

• Academic theses.

Physical Description:

x, 279 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2010]

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.

Notes:

• Based on: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002, entitled: Free labor on the Southwestern railroads : the 1885-1886 Gould system strikes.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9781603441704
• 1603441700

OCLC:

426147353