Coxey's Crusade for Jobs : Unemployment in the Gilded Age /

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"In the depths of a depression in 1894, a highly successful Gilded Age businessman named Jacob Coxey led a group of jobless men on a march from his hometown of Massillon, Ohio, to the steps of the nation's Capitol. Though a financial panic and the resulting widespread business failures cau...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prout, Jerry (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dekalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Coxey, Jacob Sechler, > 1854-1951.
Coxey's Army.
Working class.
Unemployment.
Unemployed.
Labor.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
1800-1899.
Chômeurs > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Travail > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Unemployed > United States > History > 19th century.
Working class > United States > History > 19th century.
Unemployment > United States > History > 19th century.
Labor > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Introduction-The Cause of the Unemployed
  • 1-They Sleep on Marble Floors
  • 2-The Good Roads Plan
  • 3-A Millenarian Spectacle
  • 4-Through the Prism of the Argus-Eyed
  • 5-â#x80;#x9C;Coxey Is Comingâ#x80;#x9D;
  • Epilogue-The Crusade Continued
  • Notes
  • Bibliography

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