Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-293) and index.
Contents
PART I: THE POLITICAL SIDE OF AMERICAN TRADE UNIONISM: IMMIGRATION, ORGANIZATION, AND THE NATURALIZATION OF LABOR POLITICS: Labor in American politics, 1875-1920 -- Old labor and new immigrants: the antagonism -- PART II: THE UNION-PARTY TIE: Meat vs. Rice (and Pasta): discovering labor politics in California, 1875-85 -- Union, class, and party in the system of 1896 -- PART III: THE AFL AND THE RISE OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE: Building a labor establishment, 1900-1916 -- The decision of 1912: the AFL and the Democratic Party in the Progressive Era -- Forging ties to the state, 1912-20.