Grand army of labor : workers, veterans, and the meaning of the Civil War / Matthew E. Stanley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanley, Matthew E., author.

Series:

Working class in American history

The working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--United States--History--19th century.

Labor movement.

Working class--United States--History--19th century.

Working class.

Radicalism.

History.

United States.

Radicalism--United States--History--19th century.

Left- and right-handedness--United States--History--19th century.

Left- and right-handedness.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

Summary:

"From the Gilded Age through the Progressive era, labor movements reinterpreted Abraham Lincoln as a liberator of working people while workers equated activism with their own service fighting for freedom during the war. Matthew E. Stanley explores the wide-ranging meanings and diverse imagery used by Civil War veterans within the sprawling radical politics of the time. As he shows, a rich world of rituals, songs, speeches, and newspapers emerged among the many strains of working class cultural politics within the labor movement. Yet tensions arose even among allies. Some people rooted Civil War commemoration in nationalism and reform, and in time, these conservative currents marginalized radical workers who tied their remembering to revolution, internationalism, and socialism. An original consideration of meaning and memory, Grand Army of Labor reveals the complex ways workers drew on themes of emancipation and equality in the long battle for workers' rights"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Stanley, Matthew E., Grand army of labor

ISBN:

9780252043741

025204374X

9780252085734

0252085736

OCLC:

1195817913