Streets, Railroads, and the Great Strike of 1877
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4021864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Molloy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 636-638 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2000.0122 |
| OpenAlex | W1484296564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The 1877 railroad strike, the first labor walkout to follow the transcontinental train tracks from coast to coast, was one of the few such events to draw the attention of scholars before the consolidation of labor history as a distinct discipline in the 1960s. Not surprisingly, most historians interpreted the contest strictly within the confines of an employee-employer dichotomy, although the strike manifested itself in different guises as it spread through cities and towns with divergent populations. [End Page 636]
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| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |