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Additional Resources
Recommended Reading
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“Not Only the Ruling Classes to Overcome, But Also the So-Called Mob”: Class, Skill and Community in the St. Louis General Strike of 1877
David R. Roediger, Journal of Social History 19, no. 2 (Winter 1985): 213–239. -
The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland
Mark Kruger. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. -
Reign of the Rabble: The St. Louis General Strike of 1877
David T. Burbank. Augustus M. Kelley, 1966.
Online Resources
- The St. Louis General Strike
Zinn Education Project - Strikers shut down St. Louis in 1877. A new play tells their story.
St. Louis Public Radio - Video resource on the St. Louis General Strike
YouTube - Video resource on the St. Louis General Strike
Facebook - Documentaries
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning