03054cam a2200313 4500 369050872 TxAuBib 20190126120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781982564841 1982564849 33c16312-e908-42c1-88bf-b13bc7817ab2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4238722 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kelly, Jack. The Edge of Anarchy [Libby Audiobook] : The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America. Blackstone Publishing, 2019. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 309MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 309MB. HTML:<p><b>The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the nation and marked a turning point for America</b></p> <p><i>The Edge of Anarchy</i> offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill across much of the country. Famine threatened, riots broke out along the rail lines. Soon the US Army was on the march and gunfire rang from the streets of major cities.</p> <p>This epochal tale offers fascinating portraits of two iconic characters of the age. George Pullman, who amassed a fortune by making train travel a pleasure, thought the model town that he built for his workers would erase urban squalor. Eugene Debs, founder of the nation's first industrial union, was determined to wrench power away from the reigning plutocrats. The clash between the two men's conflicting ideals pushed the country to what the US attorney general called "the ragged edge of anarchy."</p> <p>Many of the themes of <i>The Edge of Anarchy</i> could be taken from today's headlines-upheaval in America's industrial heartland, wage stagnation, breakneck technological change, and festering conflict over race, immigration, and inequality. With the country now in a New Gilded Age, this look back at the violent conflict of an earlier era offers illuminating perspectives along with a breathtaking story of a nation on the edge.</p>. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2019-01-25 22:00:02. Burns, Traber. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/4238722-TheEdgeOfAnarchy.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=33c16312-e908-42c1-88bf-b13bc7817ab2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/4238722-TheEdgeOfAnarchy.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=33c16312-e908-42c1-88bf-b13bc7817ab2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)