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019 _a(OCoLC)979631181
020 _a9781501704239
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024 7 _a10.7591/9781501704239
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501704239
035 _a(DE-B1597)478368
035 _a(OCoLC)950739187
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
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050 4 _aHE4491.P52
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072 7 _aHIS036080
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082 0 4 _a331.881138842097481
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aWolfinger, James
_eautore
245 1 0 _aRunning the Rails :
_bCapital and Labor in the Philadelphia Transit Industry /
_cJames Wolfinger.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a1 online resource (304 p.) :
_b13 halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tCapital and the Shifting Nature of Social Control --
_t1. Beginnings --
_t2. Working on the Line --
_t3. Time of Troubles --
_t4. The Age of Thomas Mitten --
_t5. Hard Times and a Hate Strike --
_t6. Labor Relations and Public Relations --
_t7. National City Lines and the Imperatives of Postwar Capitalism --
_tAdvances Hard Won and Well Deserved --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _aPhiladelphia exploded in violence in 1910. The general strike that year was a notable point, but not a unique one, in a generations-long history of conflict between the workers and management at one of the nation’s largest privately owned transit systems. In Running the Rails, James Wolfinger uses the history of Philadelphia’s sprawling public transportation system to explore how labor relations shifted from the 1880s to the 1960s. As transit workers adapted to fast-paced technological innovation to keep the city’s people and commerce on the move, management sought to limit its employees’ rights. Raw violence, welfare capitalism, race-baiting, and smear campaigns against unions were among the strategies managers used to control the company’s labor force and enhance corporate profits, often at the expense of the workers’ and the city’s well-being.Public service workers and their unions come under frequent attack for being a "special interest" or a hindrance to the smooth functioning of society. This book offers readers a different, historically grounded way of thinking about the people who keep their cities running. Working in public transit is a difficult job now, as it was a century ago. The benefits and decent wages Philadelphia public transit workers secured—advances that were hard-won and well deserved—came as a result of fighting for decades against their exploitation. Given capital’s great power in American society and management's enduring quest to control its workforce, it is remarkable to see how much Philadelphia’s transit workers achieved.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650 0 _aIndustrial relations
_zPennsylvania
_zPhiladelphia
_xHistory.
650 0 _aLocal transit
_zPennsylvania
_zPhiladelphia
_xHistory.
650 4 _aU.S. History.
650 4 _aUrban Studies.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).
_2bisacsh
653 _aPhiladelphia, public transportation system, welfare capitalism, public transit, labor force.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9781501704239
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501704239
856 4 2 _3Cover
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