"Which Ox is in the Mire": Race and Class in the Galveston Longshoremen's Strike of 1898

"Which Ox is in the Mire": Race and Class in the Galveston Longshoremen's Strike of 1898

As the war with Spain wound down in Aug 1898 and America charted a course toward empire, residents of Galveston hoped for a quick revival of commercial traffic in coffee, fruit, timber, manufactured goods, and especially cotton. Shelton says there was a higher degree of biracial cooperation among wa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Southwestern historical quarterly 2006-10, Vol.110 (2), p.219
1. Verfasser: Shelton, Robert S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African Americans
American history
Race relations
Social classes
Social conditions & trends
Strikes
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Zusammenfassung:As the war with Spain wound down in Aug 1898 and America charted a course toward empire, residents of Galveston hoped for a quick revival of commercial traffic in coffee, fruit, timber, manufactured goods, and especially cotton. Shelton says there was a higher degree of biracial cooperation among waterfront workers during the strike of 1898 than scholars have suggested.
ISSN:0038-478X
1558-9560