Robert Ovetz
Biographical Note
Readership
All interested in labor history, working class conflict, the role of technology in the workplace, armed conflict, and why reform happens.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables … ix
Introduction … 1
Part 1
The 1877 Railroad Strike
1 Suppressing a Volcano: The 1877 Railroad Strike … 35
2 ‘We Shall Consume Their Shops with Fire’: Working-Class Recomposition in the 1877 Railroad Strike … 114
3 Putting Out the Class on Fire: A New Capital Composition … 148
Part 2
The 1894 Railroad Strike
4 The Nineties Dripped with Blood: The 1894 Railroad Strike … 193
5 Government by Injunction and Bayonet: Working-Class Recomposition in the 1894 Railroad Strike … 252
6 Managing the Class Struggle: A New Capital Composition … 298
Part 3
Revolt of the Rank and File
7 The Dynamite Conspiracy: US Steel vs. the Iron Workers … 325
8 War in Europe, War on Capital: The WWI Wildcat Strike Wave … 369
9 Revolt of the Rank and File: The Steel and Seattle General Strikes … 455
10 The Redneck Army … 485
Conclusion … 555
Bibliography … 563
Index … 583