Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54

      This detailed study of the         relationship between race relations and unionization in Chicago's meatpacking         industry draws on traditional primary and secondary materials and on an         extensive set of interviews conducted in the mid-1980s that explore subjective         dimensions of the workers' experience.       "An ideal case study         to analyze one of the central problems in American labor history--the         relation ship between racial identity and working class formation and         organization." -- James R. Barrett, author of Work and Community         in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894-1922       "Meticulously researched,         grounded firmly in extensive oral history and archival sources, and carefully         argued, Down on the Killing Floor will be indispensable reading         for everyone interested in race and labor."         -- Eric Arnesen, author of Waterfront Workers of New Orleans: Race,         Class and Politics, 1863-1923       A volume in the series         The Working Class in American History, edited by David Brody, Alice Kessler-Harris,         David Montgomery, and Sean Wilentz