Streets, Railroads, and the Great Strike of 1877 (Historical Studies of Urban America)

Streets, Railroads, and the Great Strike of 1877 (Historical Studies of Urban America)
Author: David O. Stowell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; ISBN: 0226776697
Description: Paperback - 168 pages (July 1999)
ISBN: 0226776697

For one week in late July of 1877, America shook with anger and fear as a variety of urban residents, mostly working class, attacked railroad property in dozens of towns and cities. The Great Strike of 1877 was one of the largest and most violent urban uprisings in American history. Whereas most historians treat the event solely as a massive labor strike that targeted the railroads, David O. Stowell examines America's predicament more broadly to uncover the roots of this rebellion. He studies the urban origins of the Strike in three upstate New York cities--Buffalo, Albany, and Syracuse.

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