The Homestead Strike: Labor, Violence, and American Industry

ISBN-13: 9780415531931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 166 str.

Paul E. Kahan

Opis

On July 6, 1892, three hundred armed Pinkerton detectives arrived in Homestead, Pennsylvania to retake the Carnegie Steelworks from the company's striking workers. In response to worsening labor conditions, decreasing industrial wage labor, and the close relationship between capital and the state, the workers had locked out plant officials and halted production. As the detectives approached, shots rang out and a violent skirmish began. In this infamous moment in labor history, over two dozen people were killed. Homestead was a turning point in the history of American unionism-- it weakened the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers so greatly that by 1899, not a single Pennsylvania steel plant was unionized. The Homestead Strike illuminates the tense relationship between labor, capital, and government that arose between Reconstruction and the Progressive Era.

In five concise chapters bolstered by statements from steelworkers, court testimony, and excerpts from Carnegie's writings, The Homestead Strike introduces labor history to undergraduates in a very personal way.

Spis treści

Introduction. 1. Carnegie and Frick 2. American Labor History, 1600-1892 3. Lead-Up to the Strike 4. The Lockout and Strike 5. Aftermath 6. Legacy and Conclusion. Documents.

O autorze

Paul Kahan teaches history at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. For more information, visit his website at www.paulkahan.com.