Case, Theresa Ann, 1965-

The Great Southwest Railroad Strike and free labor [electronic resource] / Theresa A. Case. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010. - 279 p. - Red River Valley books ; no. 3 . - Red River Valley books ; no. 3. .

Based on: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002, entitled: Free labor on the Southwestern railroads : the 1885-1886 Gould system strikes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-274) and index.

Constructing a new Southwest -- Labor kinship -- Hierarchy and conflict -- Southwestern railroaders and the receding 'frontier of labor scarcity' -- Testing the hierarchies -- The independent path of District Assembly 101 -- Blaming Martin Irons.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.


Knights of Labor--History.


Strikes and lockouts--Railroads--History--Southwestern States--19th century.
Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--History--Southwestern States--19th century.


Electronic books.

HD5325.R12 1886 / S683 2010

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