William H. Sylvis and the National Labor Union
Author: Charlotte Todes
Publisher: New York : International Publishers
Published: 1942
Total Pages: 140
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Author: Charlotte Todes
Publisher: New York : International Publishers
Published: 1942
Total Pages: 140
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Published: 1872
Total Pages: 510
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Published: 1976
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Green
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2007-03-13
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1400033225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a sensational trial, that culminated in four controversial executions, and dealt a blow to the labor movement from which it would take decades to recover. Historian James Green recounts the rise of the first great labor movement in the wake of the Civil War and brings to life an epic twenty-year struggle for the eight-hour workday. Blending a gripping narrative, outsized characters and a panoramic portrait of a major social movement, Death in the Haymarket is an important addition to the history of American capitalism and a moving story about the class tensions at the heart of Gilded Age America.
Author: Alex Gourevitch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1107033179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These "labor republicans" derived their definition of freedom from a long tradition of political theory dating back to the classical republics. In this tradition, to be free is to be independent of anyone else's will - to be dependent is to be a slave. Borrowing these ideas, labor republicans argued that wage laborers were unfree because of their abject dependence on their employers. Workers in a cooperative, on the other hand, were considered free because they equally and collectively controlled their work. Although these labor republicans are relatively unknown, this book details their unique, contemporary, and valuable perspective on both American history and the organization of the economy.
Author: Melvyn Dubofsky
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780252013430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere are the life stories of the men and women who have led the labor movement in America from Reconstruction to recent times, from William H. Sylvis, the first major labor leader, to Cesar Chavez, who organized California's farm workers in the 1960s. All of the chapters have been written expressly for this volume by leading authorities, several of whom are authors of booklength biographies of their subjects. Taken together these readable yet authoritative life studies provide a broad overview of the American labor movement that will appeal to the student and lay reader as well as to the specialist in social history and labor and industrial relations.
Author: Philip Dray
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2011-09-20
Total Pages: 818
ISBN-13: 0307389766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the nineteenth-century textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the contest between labor and capital for the American bounty has shaped our national experience. In this stirring new history, Philip Dray shows us the vital accomplishments of organized labor and illuminates its central role in our social, political, economic, and cultural evolution. His epic, character-driven narrative not only restores to our collective memory the indelible story of American labor, it also demonstrates the importance of the fight for fairness and economic democracy, and why that effort remains so urgent today.
Author: Kevin Kenny
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780195116311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA group of 20 Irish immigrants, suspected of comprising a secret terrorist organization called the "Molly Maguires", were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870s for the murder of 16 men. This work offers a new interpretation of their dramatic story, tracing the origins of the Molly Maguires to Ireland and explaining the growth of a particular structure of meaning.
Author: David Montgomery
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780252008696
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"For anyone who believes that there was no important labor movement before Roosevelt, or before Gompers, or before the Knights of Labor, this well-documented work should prove a shocker. And for those who look to the past for enlightenment to guide us through our troubled tomorrows, this book is a reservoir of historic information and insights." -- New Leader "Beyond Equality is a masterpiece. . . . A book of bold and brilliant originality, it is now shaping the perspective of a new generation of graduate students." -- David Brion Davis, author of The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture