The origins of right to work : antilabor democracy in nineteenth-century Chicago - Leon, Cedric de (Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2015)
Tracing the origins of the right to work -- The critique of wage dependency, 1828-1844 -- The political crisis over slavery and the rise of free labor, 1844-1860 -- The war years, or, The triumphs and reversals of free labor ideology, 1861-1865 -- Anti-labor democracy and the working class, 1865-1887 -- Epilogue : neoliberalism in the rustbelt.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Open and closed shop -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century; Labor -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century; Labor movement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century; Working class -- Political activity -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century; Political parties -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century; Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Electronic books