| Description |
xv, 681, iv p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Major problems in American history series |
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Major problems in American history series.
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| Note |
"Professional review copy"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The meaning of work and the history of labor -- The labor systems of early America -- From the Artisan's republic to the factory system -- Slavery and the transition to free labor -- From peasant to proletarian -- The organization of labor -- Cultures of the workplace -- Americans at work in the industrial era -- Industrial unionism during the great depression -- Labor and the state -- Race, gender, and industrial unionism: World war II and its aftermath -- Trade unions in the postwar order -- The postwar working class -- Workers and their unions in troubled times -- The future of work. |
| Subject |
Labor -- United States -- History.
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Working class -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Boris, Eileen, 1948-
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Lichtenstein, Nelson.
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| ISBN |
0669199257 |
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9780669199253 |
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