Capital, Labor, and State: The Battle for American Labor Markets from the Civil War to the New Deal

by David Brian Robertson

Book Overview

Capital, Labor, and State is a systematic and thorough examination of American labor policy from the Civil War to the New Deal. David Brian Robertson skillfully demonstrates that although most industrializing nations began to limit employer freedom and regulate labor conditions in the 1900s, the United States continued to allow total employer discretion in decisions concerning hiring, firing, and workplace conditions. Robertson argues that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847697282
• ISBN13: 9780847697281
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"