The Battle For Homestead, 1880-1892: Politics, Culture, and Steel

by Paul Krause

Book Overview

Named one of the fifty best books of 1992 by Publishers Weekly More than a century has passed since the infamous lockout at the Homestead Works of the Carnegie Steel Company. The dramatic and violent events of July 6, 1892, are among the mst familiar in the history of American labor. And yet, few historians have adequately addressed the issues and the culture that shaped that day. For many Americans, Homestead remains simply the story of a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822954664
• ISBN13: 9780822954668
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"