American History Since 1877

Resources selected to supplement American History Since 1877 (HSTY 202) taught at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Capital and Labor in the Age of Enterprise, 1877-1900

Books in Our Library

• Chicago Haymarket Riot: Anarchy on Trial [HX846.C4 K6]
• Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist [HX 84 .D3 S23]
• How We Built the Union Pacific Railway [HE2791.U55 D62 1966]
• Labor Conflict in the United States: an Encyclopedia [REF HD5324 .L32 1990]
• Pioneering the Union Pacific; a Reappraisal of the Builders of the Railroad [HE2791.U55 A4]
• The Pullman Strike by William H. Carwardine (1855-1929) [HD5325.R12 1894 .C533]
• The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s [HD5325.R12 1894 .P85 1999]
• Streets, Railroads, and the Great Strike of 1877 [HD5325.R2 1877 .S76 1999]
• Titan: the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. [CT275.R75 C47 1998]
• Walls and Bars by Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) [HX84.D3 A32 1973]
• Working Americans, 1880-1999 2 vols. [REF HD8066 .D47]

Don't hesitate to ask a reference librarian for help in locating books and media in the TC3 Library Catalog. Material not owned by our library can be located and borrowed through the SUNY Union Catalog, a single search interface for 62 SUNY library catalogs and WorldCat, a wordwide database of library books and materials.

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)

Try these suggested subject headings to find books on Capital and Labor in the Age of Enterprise, 1877-1900 in the TC3 Library Catalog, the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat.

• Labor movement, United States
• Labor unions, United States, History
• Strikes and lockouts, United States
• United States, Economic conditions, 1865-1918
• United States, Social conditions, 1865-1918
• Working class, United States, History, 19th century

Other Media

You can request audio-visual materials from Media Services.

History Journals in Electronic Format

History-related electronic journals are available to TC3 students and staff in our electronic databases and in our list of full-text electronic journals, also listed by subject (History & Archaeology).

Web Resources

• Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia 1876
• Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887
• A Coal Miner's Work
• Women Working, 1870-1930 - Harvard University Library Open Collections Program.