Free Labor: The Civil War and the Making of an American Working Class

by Mark A. Lause

Monumental and revelatory, Free Labor explores labor activism throughout the country during a period of incredible diversity and fluidity: the American Civil War. Mark A. Lause describes how the working class radicalized during the war as a response to economic crisis, the political opportunity created by the election of Abraham Lincoln, and the ideology of free labor and abolition. Grappling with a broad array of organizations, tactics, and settings,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080866
• ISBN13: 9780252080869
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"