{"id":5950312382624,"title":"The Great Labor Uprising of 1877","handle":"great-labor-uprising-of-1877_by-philip-s-foner","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003en July of 1877, one year after the celebration of the one hundredth birthday of the United States, the country was prostrate after five years of economic depression. Railroad workers at Martinsburg, West Virginia, went out on strike against still another wage cut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003e Despite the intervention of the state militia and the US army, the strike extended up the Baltimore \u0026amp; Ohio line and spread rapidly to other lines. The railroad strikes carried the spark of rebellion to other workers in the great cities, including the unemployed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003eWithin a few days, 100,000 workers were on strike in the first nationwide labor upheaval. In St. Louis, the Great Strike developed into a systematically organized and complete shutdown of all industry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003ethe first truly general strike in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Phillip Foner has given us a well-researched, provocative account of a very traumatic event in our labor history, an event that some say bordered on social revolution. Thus, more than being especially useful to anyone interested in the history of the labor movement, the book should also appeal to people concerned with social and political struggles of the 19th century as well.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Monthly Labor Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-12-21T05:30:20-05:00","created_at":"2020-12-29T01:19:02-05:00","vendor":"Pathfinder Press","type":"Paper","tags":["Authors_Philip S Foner","Language_English","Subjects_Trade unions: past present and future","Subjects_US politics and history"],"price":1700,"price_min":1700,"price_max":1700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1700,"compare_at_price_min":1700,"compare_at_price_max":1700,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":37584563208352,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780873488280","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Great Labor Uprising of 1877","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1700,"weight":503,"compare_at_price":1700,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780873488280","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/great-labor-uprising-of-1877_by-philip-s-foner_FC_c826a65e-1979-41af-a690-e39ce3369d3d.png?v=1609880579","\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/great-labor-uprising-of-1877_by-philip-s-foner_BC.png?v=1609880579"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/great-labor-uprising-of-1877_by-philip-s-foner_FC_c826a65e-1979-41af-a690-e39ce3369d3d.png?v=1609880579","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Front cover of The Great Labor Uprising of 1877","id":13134025588896,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":800,"width":518,"src":"\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/great-labor-uprising-of-1877_by-philip-s-foner_FC_c826a65e-1979-41af-a690-e39ce3369d3d.png?v=1609880579"},"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":800,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/great-labor-uprising-of-1877_by-philip-s-foner_FC_c826a65e-1979-41af-a690-e39ce3369d3d.png?v=1609880579","width":518},{"alt":"Back cover of The Great Labor Uprising of 1877","id":13134025621664,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":800,"width":518,"src":"\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/great-labor-uprising-of-1877_by-philip-s-foner_BC.png?v=1609880579"},"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":800,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/great-labor-uprising-of-1877_by-philip-s-foner_BC.png?v=1609880579","width":518}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003en July of 1877, one year after the celebration of the one hundredth birthday of the United States, the country was prostrate after five years of economic depression. Railroad workers at Martinsburg, West Virginia, went out on strike against still another wage cut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003e Despite the intervention of the state militia and the US army, the strike extended up the Baltimore \u0026amp; Ohio line and spread rapidly to other lines. The railroad strikes carried the spark of rebellion to other workers in the great cities, including the unemployed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003eWithin a few days, 100,000 workers were on strike in the first nationwide labor upheaval. In St. Louis, the Great Strike developed into a systematically organized and complete shutdown of all industry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#202124\" style=\"color: #202124;\"\u003ethe first truly general strike in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Phillip Foner has given us a well-researched, provocative account of a very traumatic event in our labor history, an event that some say bordered on social revolution. Thus, more than being especially useful to anyone interested in the history of the labor movement, the book should also appeal to people concerned with social and political struggles of the 19th century as well.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Monthly Labor Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}
The Great Labor Uprising of 1877
Engravings from newspapers, chronology, notes, bibliography, index.
Format: Paper
383 Pages
Edition: 1st
Year: 1977
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
ISBN: 9780873488280
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