| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-233) and index. |
| Summary |
Ever since the courtroom doors closed in 1919, the tragic Charlotte Streetcar Strike has haunted the collective memory of the Carolina Piedmont region. During a season of labor unrest, it briefly made national headlines. Five men were killed and at least twelve others were wounded by gunfire during a demonstration against Southern Public Utilities, a subsidiary of James B. Duke's Southern Power. For many who lived afterward in North Carolina's "Queen City," the strike and riot were events better left forgotten, while, for later generations, the "Battle of the Barn" has become an item of curios. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Street-railroads -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- History.
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Street-railroads -- Labor unions -- North Carolina -- History.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- South Carolina -- History.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- North Carolina -- History.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. |
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Rural communities. |
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Industrial relations. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation. |
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TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation. |
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Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads. |
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North Carolina. |
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South Carolina. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leatherwood, Jeffrey M. Quest for streetcar unionism in the Carolina Piedmont, 1919-1922. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 1443851892 (DLC) 2017381273 (OCoLC)972537639 |
| ISBN |
9781443872188 (electronic bk.) |
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1443872180 (electronic bk.) |
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1443851892 |
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9781443851893 |
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