Machine generated contents note: pt. I FARMERS' GRANGE -- 1.Federal Origim -- 2.Anti-Monopoly -- 3.Race and Reunion -- pt. II WOMEN'S TEMPERANCE -- 4.Sex Equality -- 5.Women's Party -- pt. III LABOR'S KNIGHTS -- 6.Labor's Hour -- 7.Equalizers -- 8.Social Equality -- pt. IV CRISIS OF INEQUALITY -- 9.Property and Poverty -- 10.Separate and Unequal.
Summary:
The Civil War unleashed a torrent of claims for equality--in the chaotic years following the war, former slaves, women's rights activists, farmhands, and factory workers all engaged in the pursuit of the meaning of equality in America. This contest resulted in experiments in collective action, as millions joined leagues and unions. In Equality: An American Dilemma, 1866-1886, Charles Postel demonstrates how taking stock of these movements forces us to rethink some of the central myths of American history.
