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1) The edge of anarchy: the railroad barons, the Gilded Age, and the greatest labor uprising in America
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"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...
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