When Workers Shot Back: Historical Materialism

Robert Ovetz has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Texas-Austin. His work focuses on contingent labor and worker self-organisation at the turn of the 20th century. He is a lecturer in political science at San José State University in California, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

Part 1

The 1877 Railroad Strike

1 Suppressing a Volcano: The 1877 Railroad Strike

2 &'We Shall Consume Their Shops with Fire': Working-Class Recomposition in the 1877 Railroad Strike

3 Putting Out the Class on Fire: A New Capital Composition

Part 2

The 1894 Railroad Strike

4 The Nineties Dripped with Blood: The 1894 Railroad Strike

5 Government by Injunction and Bayonet: Working-Class Recomposition in the 1894 Railroad Strike

6 Managing the Class Struggle: A New Capital Composition

Part 3

Revolt of the Rank and File

7 The Dynamite Conspiracy: US Steel vs. the Iron Workers

8 War in Europe, War on Capital: The WWI Wildcat Strike Wave

9 Revolt of the Rank and File: The Steel and Seattle General Strikes

10 The Redneck Army

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index