wyszukanych pozycji: 4
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Railroad Labor Disputes: The Beginnings of Federal Strike Policy
ISBN: 9780472751242 / Angielski / Miękka / 1967 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At Martinsburg, West Virginia, on July 16, 1877, angry laborers struck the B & O Railroad because of a 10 percent wage cut. Spontaneous strikes soon choked railroad service from Baltimore to St. Louis and from Buffalo to Louisville. The violent wave of discontent developed into the country's first national labor crisis. The use of federal troops to restore order was only one of many decisions--sometimes blundering or biased, sometimes enlightened--the government would make during the next twenty years in coping with railway strikes. Not until the defeat of the Pullman Strike in 1894 did...
At Martinsburg, West Virginia, on July 16, 1877, angry laborers struck the B & O Railroad because of a 10 percent wage cut. Spontaneous strikes soon c...
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213,45 zł |
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Harrisburg Industrializes: The Coming of Factories to an American Community
ISBN: 9780271030708 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1850, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was a community like many others in the U. S., employing most of its citizens in trade and commerce. Unlike its larger neighbors, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Harrisburg had not yet experienced firsthand the Industrial Revolution. Within a decade, however, Harrisburg boasted a cotton textile mill, two blast furnaces and several iron rolling mills, a railroad car manufactory, and a machinery plant. This burst of industrial activity naturally left its mark on the community, by within two generations most industry had left Harrisburg, and its economic base... In 1850, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was a community like many others in the U. S., employing most of its citizens in trade and commerce. Unlike its ... |
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213,45 zł |
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Making Iron on the Bald Eagle: Roland Curtin's Ironworks and Workers' Community
ISBN: 9780271067117 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1810, Irish immigrant Roland Curtin launched a charcoal ironmaking operation in central Pennsylvania that continued for 110 years. Through this engaging account of Curtin and his iron plantation, Gerald Eggert provides an important chapter in the history of the iron industry in America. Eggert's story begins with Curtin's arrival in the Bald Eagle Valley in 1797. From the time he constructed his first forge on the south bank of Bald Eagle Creek until the final closing of the Eagle Ironworks in 1922, Roland and his sons, then his grandsons, and still later a great-grandson operated what... In 1810, Irish immigrant Roland Curtin launched a charcoal ironmaking operation in central Pennsylvania that continued for 110 years. Through this ... |
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150,08 zł |
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Steelmasters and Labor Reform, 1886-1923
ISBN: 9780822938019 / Angielski / Twarda / 1981 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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283,12 zł |