Down on the killing floor : Black and white workers in Chicago's packinghouses, 1904-54 / Rick Halpern.

Author/creator Halpern, Rick
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1997.
Descriptionxiii, 309 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
United Packinghouse Workers of America--History.
African American packing-house workers--Illinois. --Chicago. --History.
Labor unions--Packing-house workers. --Illinois. --Chicago. --History.
Packing-houses--Illinois. --Chicago. --History.
Packing-house workers--Labor unions. --Illinois. --Chicago. --History.
Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.

SeriesThe Working class in American history
Working class in American history.
Contents "Hog butcher for the world" : Chicago's meatpacking industry -- The Stockyards Labor Council -- Chicago's packinghouse workers in the 1920s -- "Negro and white, unite and fight" : the rise of the Chicago P.W.O.C. -- Organizing the stockyards, 1937-1940 -- Chicago's packinghouse workers during World War II -- The path not taken : the formation of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
Local noteLittle-305468--305131011018O
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-300) and index.
LCCN 96051264
ISBN0252023374 (alk. paper)
ISBN0252066332 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HD8039.P152 U538 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold