Labor's Story in the United StatesIn this, the first broad historical overview of labor in the United States in twenty years, Philip Nicholson examines anew the questions, the villains, the heroes, and the issues of work in America. Unlike recent books that have covered labor in the twentieth century,Labor's Story in the United Stateslooks at the broad landscape of labor since before the Revolution. In clear, unpretentious language, Philip Yale Nicholson considers American labor history from the perspective of institutions and people: the rise of unions, the struggles over slavery, wages, and child labor, public and private responses to union organizing. Throughout, the book focuses on the integral relationship between the strength of labor and the growth of democracy, painting a vivid picture of the strength of labor movements and how they helped make the United States what it is today.Labor's Story in the United Stateswill become an indispensable source for scholars and students. Author note:Philip Yale Nicholsonis Professor of History at Nassau Community College and Adjunct Professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Long Island Extension. He is the author ofWho Do We Think We Are? Race and Nation in the Modern World. |
Contents
LABOR AND LIBERTY IN THE FORMATION | 29 |
FACTORY AND FIELD | 59 |
THE HEROIC AGE OF LABOR THE DAYS | 95 |
CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES | 129 |
THE GREAT WAR | 169 |
THE NEW DEAL AND WAR | 205 |
LABOR AND THE CORPORATE STATE | 279 |
LABORS RECENT PAST AND THE FUTURE | 315 |
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Essentials of Public Health Management L. Fleming Fallon (Jr.),Eric Zgodzinski No preview available - 2009 |