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Title A short history of the U.S. working class : from colonial times to the twenty-first century / Paul Le Blanc ; illustrations by Mike Alewitz.

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Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, Š1999.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Special Collections Rosen	305.562 L492s 1999	---	Lib Use Only

Description	205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Series	Revolutionary studies
	Revolutionary studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-157) and index.
Summary	Includes a U.S. labor history chronology.
Contents	Carl Sandburg's "The People, Yes" (excerpt) -- Introduction: Explaining the Title of This Book -- 1. Origins -- 2. The First American Revolution -- 3. Industrial Revolution -- 4. Slave Labor, Free Labor -- 5. The Second American Revolution -- 6. "Gilded Age" -- 7. Rainbow Working Class -- 8. Progressive Era -- 9. Corruption -- 10. Hardship and Resurgence -- 11. The Second World War and Its Aftermath -- 12. Cold War and Social Compact -- 13. American Dream -- 14. Unfinished Business -- 15. Rude Awakenings -- 16. Where To, What Next? -- Bibliographical Essay: Scholarly, Documentary, and Artistic Sources -- Timeline of U.S. History -- U.S. Labor History Chronology.
Subject	Working class -- United States -- History.
	Labor movement -- United States -- History.
	Labor leaders -- United States -- History.
	Labor leaders. (OCoLC)fst00990029
	Labor movement. (OCoLC)fst00990079
	Working class. (OCoLC)fst01180418
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	Short history of the United States working class
ISBN	1573926655 (alk. paper)
	9781573926652 (alk. paper)
	1573926647 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	9781573926645 (pbk. ; alk. paper)