Chicago's progressive alliance : labor and the bid for public streetcars / Georg Leidenberger.
Author/creator |
Leidenberger, Georg |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, ©2006. |
Description | viii, 202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
Subject(s) |
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Portion of title | Labor and the bid for public streetcars |
Contents | Introduction : A streetcar named democracy-labor and the search for the common good -- Service workers and the new metropolitan unionism -- Private streetcars, public utopias, and the construction of the modern city -- The movement for municipal ownership -- The 1905 Teamsters strike -- The politics of streetcar regulation -- The eclipse of reform in a fragmented city -- Conclusion : Class, reform, and democracy in early twentieth-century America. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-195) and index. |
LCCN | 2005029739 |
ISBN | 0875803563 (clothbound : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 9780875803562 |
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Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | HD6519.C44 L45 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |