Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54 - Working Class in American History - Rick Halpern - Books - University of Illinois Press - 9780252066337 - August 1, 1997
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Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54 - Working Class in American History

Rick Halpern

Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54 - Working Class in American History

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.


336 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 1, 1997
ISBN13 9780252066337
Publishers University of Illinois Press
Pages 336
Dimensions 154 × 228 × 29 mm   ·   482 g

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