Death and dying in the working class, 1865-1920 / Michael K. Rosenow.

Urbana [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [2015]

xii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Introduction : in search of John Henry's body -- The marks of capital : the accident crisis and cultures of industrialization, 1865-1919 -- The power of the dead's place : Chicago's cemeteries, social conflict, and cultural construction, 1873-1913 -- Every new grave brought a thousand members : the politics of death in Illinois coal communities, 1883-1910 -- As close to hell as they hoped to get : steel, death, and community in western Pennsylvania, 1892-1919 -- Conclusion : (un)freedom of the grave.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-217) and index.