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- Publisher
- W H Lowdermilk & Co
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1889 American Psychological Association
- Pages
- 133 –144
- DOI
- 10.1037/12989-005
- Publisher site
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Abstract
This chapter continues the discussion on worker grievances by looking at strikes and uprisings, and plans of escape. Topics covered in the chapter include first known and first tried plan of salvation was that of retaliation; the slaves test the ordeal of armed force; irascibility of the working classes at length arrayed against their masters; typical strikes of the ancient workingmen; their inhuman treatment; famous strike at the silver diggings of Laurium; 20,000 artisans and laborers quit work in a body and go over to the foes of their own countrymen; and, the Great Peloponnesian War decided for the Spartans, against the Athenians by this fatal strike. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Published: May 9, 2011
Keywords: strikes; uprisings; worker grievances; retaliation