The Homestead Steel Strike of 1892

By Nancy Whitelaw

Book Overview

Describes the events leading up to and occurring during the lockout and strike of steel workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania, in 1892, and its impact upon American labor unions.Title: The Homestead... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931798885
• ISBN13: 9781931798884
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

Customer Reviews

A Good Place to Start

Part of the "American Workers" series covering major labor events in the US, this book is aimed at a young adult audience. Whitelaw articulates in a lively and readable style all the important aspects of the '92 Strike. In my personal research, I've read every book on the '92 Homestead Strike (in which my great-grandfather was killed), and this is the book I'd recommend to anyone as a starter on the subject. Whitelaw provides a coherent overview of this event that defined the course of American labor history for four decades.