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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.
James Wolfinger is Professor of History and Education at DePaul University. He is the author of Philadelphia Divided: Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love.
"For those interested in Philadelphia, transportation, and labor, this book is a must."
Zachary M. Schrag, author of The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro:
"In his penetrating study of Philadelphia's transit industry, James Wolfinger shows how owners and managers used harsh working conditions, long hours, and trigger-happy strikebreakers to keep dividends high and payrolls low. Running the Rails gives mass transit its proper place in the histories of American labor and capitalism."
Eric Arnesen, James R. Hoffa Professor of Modern American Labor History and Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, The George Washington University, author of Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality:
"Running the Rails is a fascinating and compelling account of the history of Philadelphia transit workers over a very long period of time. It is a work of classic labor history in that James Wolfinger tells the story of a group of workers and their efforts to unionize and, crucially, of management's efforts to control those workers and destroy or challenge their unions."
Daniel Sidorick, author of Condensed Capitalism: Campbell Soup and the Pursuit of Cheap Production in the Twentieth Century:
"This very readable book will be an essential source in Philadelphia history, transportation history, and labor history. Running the Rails is first and foremost an engaging history of the public transit industry in Philadelphia with a particular focus on the interactions between its management and workers over almost a century of private ownership of the system. This history, and the many important issues it informs, is one that must be told, and Running the Rails is the authoritative work on the subject. James Wolfinger contributes to current discussions in the history of capitalism, in particular the place of private ownership of public services and management strategies in controlling labor."
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