Author: Guernsey A. Hallowell
Publisher: Guernsey A. Hallowell
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Frankford direction of a greater Philadelphia

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Category : Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 103

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Author: Guernsey A. Hallowell
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267897087
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Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Excerpt from Frankford Direction of a Greater Philadelphia: Published to Commemorate the Celebration of the Opening of the Frankford Elevated Railroad, November 4th to 11th, 1922 Monday night, november Grit - Street Dancing and display of industries in the store windows, and music by the bands on the Avenue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Category : Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Category : Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1

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Author: James Wolfinger
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501704230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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Philadelphia 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.

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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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Author: Library of Congress
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1202

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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 590

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