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- Title
'NOT ONLY THE RULING CLASSES TO OVERCOME, BUT ALSO THE SO-CALLED MOB:' CLASS, SKILL AND COMMUNITY IN THE ST. LOUIS GENERAL STRIKE OF 1877.
- Authors
Roediger, David
- Abstract
Presents a social analysis of the 1877 general strike initiated by leaders of the Workingmen's Party of the United States of America in Saint Louis, Missouri. Occupational, racial and ethnic composition of the strikers and the anti-strike Committee of Public Safety leaders; Age and community rootedness in the community members of the striking group; Role of racism in the opposition to the strike.
- Subjects
MISSOURI; SAINT Louis (Mo.); UNITED States; GENERAL Strike, Saint Louis, Mo., 1877; STRIKES &; lockouts -- Social aspects; RACISM; WORKINGMEN'S Party of the United States
- Publication
Journal of Social History, 1985, Vol 19, Issue 2, p213
- ISSN
0022-4529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jsh/19.2.213