The Great Southwest Railroad Strike and Free Labor

The alliance of black and white railroaders at the heart of the protest, cemented by common antipathy to Chinese and convict labor as symbols of servitude and degradation, presented a genuine biracial challenge to me region's antilabor and antibladc political order that fed into rhe larger hist...

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Published inThe Journal of American History Vol. 97; no. 4; pp. 1137 - 1138
Main Author Taillon, Paul Michel
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Station Organization of American Historians 01.03.2011
Oxford University Press
Texas A&M University Press
Subjects
Chinese
Collective bargaining
Community support
Politics
Railroads
New Zealand
Texas
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Summary:The alliance of black and white railroaders at the heart of the protest, cemented by common antipathy to Chinese and convict labor as symbols of servitude and degradation, presented a genuine biracial challenge to me region's antilabor and antibladc political order that fed into rhe larger history of Populism.
ISSN:0021-8723
1945-2314
DOI:10.1093/jahist/jaq060