Chicago in the Age of Capital: Class, Politics, and Democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Introduction 1 1 The City 13 2 The Internationale of the Citizen Workers: From Slavery to the Labor Question 53 3 The Eight-Hour Day and the Legitimacy of Wage Labor 81 4 Chicago’s Immigrant Working Class and the Rise of Urban Populism, 1867–73 117 5 Class and Politics during the Depression of the 1870s 155 6 Combat in the Streets: The Railroad Strike of 1877 and Its Consequences 194 7 Regime Change 220 Notes 247 Index 295 Jentz_Schneirov_Chicago.indd 7 2/16/12 10:51 AM Jentz_Schneirov_Chicago.indd 8 2/16/12 10:51 AM ...