Introduction: A question of the age -- With colors flying: strikes in antebellum America -- Drifting toward industrial war: the great strike of 1877 and the coming of a new era -- The march of organized forces: conceptualizing the industrial war, 1880-1894 -- The emergence of the "great third class": the "people" and the search for an industrial treaty -- The fist of the state in the public glove: federal intervention in the early twentieth century -- Co-opting the combatants: pluralism on the front lines -- A kind of peace: the advent of Taft-Hartley -- Conclusion: The end of class conflict?
Summary
The Great Industrial War, a comprehensive assessment of how class has been interpreted by the media in American history, documents the rise and fall of a frightening concept: industrial war. Troy Rondinone examines how the mainstream press along with the writings of a select group of influential reformers and politicians framed strike news, explores the influence of historical experience on popular perceptions of social order and class conflict, and provides a reinterpretation of the origins and meaning of the Taft-Hartley Act and the industrial relations regime it supported
