History of American Labor

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Simon and Schuster, 30. 6. 2008. - 504 страница
Joseph Rayback’s updated and comprehensive history of the American labor movement.

Considered to be a foundational text for any readers interested in learning the important role of American labor union history, The History of American Labor delves into the history of labor in America from the colonial days until the mid-1950's.

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The Colonial Economy 3728 36
3
Colonial Labor
7
Labors Role
23
Revolutionary War Developments
36
The Transitional
45
The Transformation of Economic Enterprise
47
The First Trade Unions and Labor Parties
54
The Jackson PeriodLocofocoism
75
The Labor Radicals
226
The Federations Revival
250
Progressive Labor Legislation
260
TradeUnion Success
273
The Attack on the Radicals
280
A Decade of Decline
290
The Impact of the Great Depression
313
Labors New Deal
320

The TenHour Day and Social Reform
92
Pure and Simple UnionismSteps Toward Nationalization
103
The Depression of 1873
129
The Knights of Labor and Their RivalsHaymarket
142
The End of an Era
168
The Modern
185
The Triumph of the Machine
187
The A F L s First DecadeHomestead and Pullman
194
Advance and Regression
207
The Rise of the C I O
346
Political Action and Jurisdictional Warfare
356
Labor and the Second World War
373
The Truman Administration
387
The Eisenhower Years
413
Since 1960
443
Bibliography
463
Index
479
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Joseph G. Rayback (1914–1983) was a professor of history in the United States. He served in the United States Navy and was the author of Martin Van Buren: Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican Ideology and Free Soil: The Election of 1848.

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