New Immigrants and the Radicalization of American Labor, 1914-1924

by Thomas Mackaman

Millions of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe were by 1914 doing the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs in America's mines, mills and factories. The next decade saw major economic and demographic changes and the growing influence of radicalism over immigrant populations.

From the bottom rungs of the industrial hierarchy, immigrants pushed forward the greatest wave of strikes in U.S. labor history--lasting from 1916 until 1922--while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476662495
• ISBN13: 9781476662497
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher