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Urban Revolt is an incisive reexamination of the most highly
mobilized urban revolutionary force in American history—the late
nineteenth-century Chicago labor movement. By documenting the
importance of ethnic origins in accounting for political choice,
Eric L. Hirsch completely reconceptualizes the dynamics of urban
social movements. Â Hirsch links the industrialization of
Chicago to the development and maintenance of an ethnically
segmented labor market. Urbanization, he argues, fostered ethnic
enclaves whose inhabitants were channeled into particular kinds of
jobs and excluded from others. Hirsch then demonstrates the
political implications of emergent ethnic identities and
communities. Â In the late nineteenth century, Chicagoans of
German background—denied economic power by Anglo-Americans'
control of craft unions and excluded from political influence by
Irish-dominated political machines—formulated radical critiques
of the status quo and devised innovative political strategies. In
contrast, the Irish revolutionary movement in Chicago targeted the
oppressive British political system; Irish activists saw no reason
to overthrow a Chicago polity that brought them political and
economic upward mobility. Â Urban Revolt gives a new
perspective on revolutionary mobilization by de-emphasizing the
importance of class consciousness, social disorganization, and
bureaucracy. In his original and provocative focus on the
importance of ethnicity in accounting for political choice, Hirsch
makes a valuable contribution to the study of social movements,
race, and working-class politics. Â This title is part of UC
Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of
California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the
brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on
a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality,
peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1990.
Urban Revolt is an incisive reexamination of the most highly
mobilized urban revolutionary force in American history-the late
nineteenth-century Chicago labor movement. By documenting the
importance of ethnic origins in accounting for political choice,
Eric L. Hirsch completely reconceptualizes the dynamics of urban
social movements. Hirsch links the industrialization of Chicago to
the development and maintenance of an ethnically segmented labor
market. Urbanization, he argues, fostered ethnic enclaves whose
inhabitants were channeled into particular kinds of jobs and
excluded from others. Hirsch then demonstrates the political
implications of emergent ethnic identities and communities. In the
late nineteenth century, Chicagoans of German background-denied
economic power by Anglo-Americans' control of craft unions and
excluded from political influence by Irish-dominated political
machines-formulated radical critiques of the status quo and devised
innovative political strategies. In contrast, the Irish
revolutionary movement in Chicago targeted the oppressive British
political system; Irish activists saw no reason to overthrow a
Chicago polity that brought them political and economic upward
mobility. Urban Revolt gives a new perspective on revolutionary
mobilization by de-emphasizing the importance of class
consciousness, social disorganization, and bureaucracy. In his
original and provocative focus on the importance of ethnicity in
accounting for political choice, Hirsch makes a valuable
contribution to the study of social movements, race, and
working-class politics. This title is part of UC Press's Voices
Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and
give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to
1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1990.
This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the
Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown
and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the
resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that
emphasize culture, ideology, and collective identity. Top social
scientists combine insiders' insights with critical analyses to
examine a wide variety of social movements active in the most
recent U.S. cycle of protest. Waves of Protest is a must-read for
students of social movements, social change, political sociology,
and American studies.
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