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.