great upheaval

Contemporary illustration of the blockade of engines at Martinsburg.

The great upheaval of 1877 - Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher's vivid history of the first mass strike in US history: the great upheaval of 1877 where workers took over the railways and took…

Sketch of the Chicago Battle of the Viaduct during the Great Railroad Strike.

The great railroad strike, 1877 - Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn's short history of the biggest industrial dispute in American history by that time, shutting down half the country's rail network.