In Labor's Cause: Main Themes on the History of the American Worker

by David Brody

Book Overview

These extended essays by one of the preeminent scholars in U.S. labor history discuss central questions in the field, from the colonial period to the present: What do the first demands for a fixed workday tell us about how early American workers experienced the beginnings of the industrial revolution? Why did American labor politics never manage to break the grip of the two-party system? What was the impact of ideology, career leadership, and ethnicity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195067916
• ISBN13: 9780195067910
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Labor World

If you are begining to learn about the labor world, this is the perfect book to start out with. It gives you a broad overview of many topics and ways of labor unions.