S. Paul O'Hara
Inventing the Pinkertons, or, Spies, sleuths, mercenaries, and thugs
S. Paul O'Hara · 2016
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"O'Hara argues that American capitalists used the Pinkertons to enforce new structures of economic and political order. Yet the infamy of the Pinkerton agent also gave critics and working communities a villain against which to frame their resistance to the new industrial order. Ultimately, [this book examines] how the histories of American capitalism, industrial folklore, and the nation-state converged"--
Book details
- Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 194
- ISBN
- 9781421420561
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