Down on the Killing Floor - Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54

This detailed study of the relationship between race relations and unionization in Chicago's meatpacking industry draws on traditional primary and secondary materials and on an extensive set of interviews conducted in the mid-1980s that explore subjective dimensions of the workers' experience.

Summary

This detailed study of the relationship between race relations and unionization in Chicago's meatpacking industry draws on traditional primary and secondary materials and on an extensive set of interviews conducted in the mid-1980s that explore subjective dimensions of the workers' experience.

Product details

• Authors: Rick Halpern
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1997
• EAN: 9780252066337
• ISBN: 978-0-252-06633-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Working Class in American History; Working Class in American Hist; Working Class in American History; Working Class in American Hist
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous