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The American telegrapher : a social history, 1860-1900

Title: The American telegrapher : a social history, 1860-1900 / Edwin Gabler.
Author: Gabler, Edwin, 1949-
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1988.

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Description

viii, 264 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"In 1883, the Brotherhood of Telegraphers, a nationwide union affiliated with the Knights of Labor, began what proved to be an unsuccessful strike against Western Union. The strike was well publicized, for it pitted a new group of middle-class employees against an enormous corporation headed by Jay Gould. Using the strike as a starting point, [the author] has written a social history of American telegraphy in the late nineteenth century, exploring the backgrounds, values, and experiences of the men and women who worked as operators."--Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

Class and culture

Uniform Title

Class and culture.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. [253]-260.

Contents

A mild sort of revolution -- Anatomy of an industry -- The knights of the key -- Dear brothers and sisters -- Kid-gloved laborers -- Epilogue -- Notes.

ISBN

0813512859
9780813512853
0813512840
9780813512846

LCCN

87019878

OCLC

ocm16356684
16356684
SCSB-1191783

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library