Trolley Wars: Streetcar Workers on the Line (Becoming Modern:

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Trolley Wars: Streetcar Workers on the Line (Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies)

American citiesâ€™ rapid expansion after the Civil War fueled the growth of organized transportation systemsâ€” omnibuses, horsecar, and, later, electric streetcars. Trolley Wars traces the social dynamics of these first mass-transportation systems as they developed in Rhode Island, the most urbanized state in Gilded Age America. Covering years of rapid growth, Scott Molloy focuses on the laborers who operated the transit system, the changing ownership of the streetcar lines, and the strong bond that grew between trolley crews and passengersâ€”a bond that sustained a powerful political alliance during the bitter â€œcar warsâ€ of 1902.

In lucid prose based on scrupulous research, Molloy dissects the car wars and expertly knits them into the larger pattern of labor unrest and urban malaise gripping turn-of-the-century America. Originally published in 1996, the classic Trolley Wars is now made available for the first time in paperback to readers, students, and scholars of labor history, with a new Authorâ€™s Note.

Country	USA
Author	Scott Molloy
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781584656302
Edition	1st University of New Hampshire Press/UPNE Pbk. Ed
ISBN	1584656301
Label	New Hampshire
Manufacturer	New Hampshire
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	264
PublicationDate	2007-02-21
Publisher	New Hampshire
Studio	New Hampshire
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Trolley Wars: Streetcar Workers on the Line (Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies)