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The Edge Of Anarchy The Railroad Barons The Gilded Age And The Greatest Labor Uprising In America 1st Edition Jack Kelly

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The Edge Of Anarchy The Railroad Barons The Gilded Age And The Greatest Labor Uprising In America 1st Edition Jack Kelly instant download after payment.

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press

File Extension: EPUB

File size: 12.18 MB

Pages: 320

Author: Jack Kelly

ISBN: 9781250128867, 1250128862

Language: English

Year: 2019

Edition: 1

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The Edge Of Anarchy The Railroad Barons The Gilded Age And The Greatest Labor Uprising In America 1st Edition Jack Kelly by Jack Kelly 9781250128867, 1250128862 instant download after payment.

"Timely and urgent...The core ofThe Edge of Anarchyis a thrilling description of the boycott of Pullman cars and equipment by Eugene Debs’s fledgling American Railway Union..." —The New York Times
"During the summer of 1894, the stubborn and irascible Pullman became a central player in what the New York Times called “the greatest battle between labor and capital [ever] inaugurated in the United States.” Jack Kelly tells the fascinating tale of that terrible struggle." —The Wall Street Journal
"Pay attention, becauseThe Edge of Anarchynot only captures the flickering Kinetoscopic spirit of one of the great Labor-Capital showdowns in American history, it helps focus today’s great debates over the power of economic concentration and the rights and futures of American workers."—Brian Alexander, author ofGlass House
"In gripping detail,The Edge of Anarchyreminds us of what a pivotal figure Eugene V. Debs was in the history of American labor... a tale of courage and the steadfast pursuit of principles at great personal risk." —Tom Clavin,New York Timesbestselling author ofDodge City
The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the nation and marked a turning point for America.
The Edge of Anarchyby Jack Kelly offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill across much of the country. Famine threatened, riots broke out along the rail lines. Soon the U.S. Army was on the march and gunfire rang from the streets of major cities.
This epochal tale offers fascinating portraits of two iconic characters of the age. George Pullman, who amassed a fortune by making train travel a pleasure, thought the model town that he built for his workers would erase urban squalor. Eugene Debs, founder of the nation’s first industrial union, was determined to wrench power away from the reigning plutocrats. The clash between the two men’s conflicting ideals pushed the country to what the U.S. Attorney General called “the ragged edge of anarchy.”
Many of the themes ofThe Edge of Anarchycould be taken from today’s headlines—upheaval in America’s industrial heartland, wage stagnation, breakneck technological change, and festering conflict over race, immigration, and inequality. With the country now in a New Gilded Age, this look back at the violent conflict of an earlier era offers illuminating perspectives along with a breathtaking story of a nation on the edge.