City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York

Book Overview

From the founding of New Amsterdam until today, working people have helped create and re-create the City of New York through their struggles. Starting with artisans and slaves in colonial New York and ranging all the way to twenty-first-century gig-economy workers, this book tells the story of New York's labor history anew.

City of Workers, City of Struggle brings together essays by leading historians of New York and a wealth of illustrations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231191928
• ISBN13: 9780231191920
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.1"