Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-163) and index.
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Revolution by machine -- Only bread, and nothing more? -- Women who work -- Children in the mills -- Tenements and sweatshops -- Who owns America? -- Bread or blood -- I love this union cause -- Rebellion on the railroads -- Dream- and reality -- A bomb at Haymarket -- Which way: Gompers of Debs? -- The Battle of Homestead -- A model town goes on strike -- Reformers and radicals -- Bread-and roses too! -- Massacre at Ludlow -- Conclusion.
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Uses original source material to portray the momentous changes that took place in American labor, industry, and trade-unionism following the Civil War. Focuses on the work environment in this early age of mass production and mechanization, and shows how abusive conditions often led to labor unrest.