When Workers Shot Back

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