{"product_id":"down-on-the-killing-floor-9780252066337","title":"Down on the Killing Floor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRick Halpern examines the links between race relations and unionization in Chicago''s meatpacking industry. Drawing on oral histories and archival materials, Halpern explores the experiences of and relationship between black and white workers in a fifty-year period that included labor actions during World War I, Armour''s violent reaction to union drives in the late 1930s, and organizations like the Stockyards Labor Council and the United Packinghouse Workers of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An ideal case study to analyze one of the central problems in American labor history--the relationship between racial identity and working class formation and organization.\"--James R. Barrett, author of \u003ci\u003eWork and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894-1922\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Meticulously researched, grounded firmly in extensive oral history and archival sources, and carefully argued, \u003ci\u003eDown on the Killing Floor \u003c\/i\u003ewill be indispensable reading for everyone interested in race and labor.\"--Eric Arnesen, author of \u003ci\u003eBrotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036832432471,"sku":"9780252066337","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252066337.jpg?v=1750932693","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/down-on-the-killing-floor-9780252066337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}