{"product_id":"chicagos-progressive-alliance-labor-and-the-bid-for-public-streetcars-hardback-9780875803562","title":"Chicago's Progressive Alliance; Labor and the Bid for Public Streetcars (Hardback) 9780875803562","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChicago's Progressive Alliance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLabor and the Bid for Public Streetcars\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorg Leidenberger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875803562\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 May 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e210 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePioneering and well-researched. Leidenberger argues persuasively that Chicago workers, far from being more apolitical than their British or European counterparts, were at the heart of municipal reform politics during the Progressive era.\u003c\/p\u003e (urban history) \u003cp\u003eThis is a very compelling story of Chicago labor and progressive politics. Leidenberger uses the struggle over urban transit to highlight shifting currents in the city's urban politics. Commendably, he gives Chicago's turn-of-the-century labor movement the central role it deserves in this drama.\u003c\/p\u003e - H. Shelton Stromquist, University of Iowa \u003cp\u003eConcise and clearly articulated, this argument successfully defends the notion that labor organizations had both power and public support, albeit briefly, for a broader vision of public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e (AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the turn of the twentieth century, Chicago, site of the Haymarket affair and the Pullman strike, had acquired a reputation as the bastion of labor unions. At the same time, Progressive-era Chicago was known as the laboratory of social reform—the city where muckraking journalists, college-trained professionals, and civic-minded millionaires worked together to rebuild the slums, improve sanitation, and eradicate political corruption. When union workers and middle-class reformers united, the combination of labor militancy and astute politics was truly a force to be reckoned with.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChicago's Progressive Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e, Leidenberger tells the story of the coalition of reformers and workers advocating municipal control of Chicago's streetcars. Why streetcars? At the time, streetcars were the main mode of transportation for Chicago's diverse population, so common interest certainly played a factor. Workers also shared the reformers' ideology, and issues surrounding streetcars encompassed a host of Progressive concerns: the debate over the extent of state power over private service enterprises, the crusade against corruption, and the uses and public nature of city spaces. Most important, the alliance embodied Progressivism's central ideal—overcoming class conflict and defining the public interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy examining the alliance's formation, political tactics, and ultimate demise, Leidenberger offers new insights on the history of labor, class relations, and political culture in urban America. Dramatic photos of streetcars and of union laborers and their supporters accentuate this study of Progressivism in action. \u003ci\u003eChicago's Progressive Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to those interested in American political history, labor history, urban history, and transportation history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: A Streetcar Named Democracy—Labor and the Search for the Common Good\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Service Workers and the New Metropolitan Unionism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Private Streetcars, Public Utopias, and the Construction of the Modern City\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The Movement for Municipal Ownership\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: The 1905 Teamsters Strike\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The Politics of Streetcar Regulation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: The Eclipse of Reform in a Fragmented City\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Class, Reform, and Democracy in Early Twentieth-Century America\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584752775448,"sku":"9780875803562","price":26.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chicagos-progressive-alliance-labor-and-the-bid-for-public-streetcars-hardback-9780875803562","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}