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Author:    Halpern, Rick.
Title:     Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-1954.
Publisher:     Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997.
Listed Under:
African Americans
Packing House Workers
Race and Ethnicity

Notes:     An excellent case study in the relationship of racial identity, working class formation, and union organization. Utilizes both oral and archival sources.


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