"To the Ragged Edge of Anarchy": The 1894 Pullman Boycott.

Schneirov, Richard

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ERIC Number: EJ598151

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Publication Date: 1999

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"To the Ragged Edge of Anarchy": The 1894 Pullman Boycott.

Schneirov, Richard

OAH Magazine of History, v13 n3 p26-30 Spr 1999

Highlights the events of the 1894 Pullman strike and boycott that pitted the American Railway Union against the combined forces of the federal government, railroad companies, and the Pullman Sleeping Car Company. States that the Pullman strike was a devastating setback for industrial unionism, but is the most well-known of all U.S. strikes. (CMK)

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consciousness Raising, Government Role, Labor Demands, Labor Standards, Quality of Working Life, Racial Relations, Rail Transportation, Secondary Education, Social Change, Social Studies, Strikes, Union Members, United States History

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Language: English

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