The ordeal of the jungle : race and the Chicago Federation of Labor, 1903-1922 / David Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bates, David, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council--History--20th century.

Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council.

African Americans--Employment--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919.

Working class--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.

Working class.

Labor movement--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Labor movement.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]

Summary:

""The Ordeal of the Jungle" boldly revises previous scholarship regarding Chicago's labor movement in the World war I era. It examines the failures of the Chicago Federation of Labor to build a progressive, interracial organization. Following failed strikes and a tumultuous time, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 shattered the CFL's tenuous interracial alliance."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Methodology and the problem of race in American labor history

"A deep, dark plot": race in the chicago labor movement, 1894-1905

"Every Negro can make a fight": race and the CFL campaign, 1916-1921

"Demoralized by its own weaknesses": the structural limits of federated unionism, 1916-1921

"Between two fires": white and black workers confront interracial unionism, 1916-1921

"Patience is no longer a virtue": the CFL and the Chicago Race Riot of 1919

"Boring from within": race and the decline of the CFL, 1919-1922

Conclusion: the past, present, and future of interracial unionism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8093-3745-2