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| Trolley Wars: Streetcar Workers on the Line |
| By : Scott Molloy |
Scott Molloy dissects Rhode Island's 1902 car wars and relatesthem to a larger pattern of labor unrest and urban malaise throughout the country. He argues that the development of urban mass transportation involved a battle for control of city streets and city government. By focusing on transit workers in Rhode Island, Trolley Wars reveals the ways in which America became an urban and suburban nation after the Civil War...
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press List Price: 45.00 Customer Rating: 4 / 5.0
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