Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits: A Century of Building Trades History

by Grace Palladino

Book Overview

Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits follows the history of the Building and Construction Trades Department from the emergence of building trades councils in the age of the skyscraper; through treacherous fights over jurisdiction as new building materials and methods of work evolved; and through numerous Department campaigns to improve safety standards, work with contractors to promote unionized construction, and forge a sense of industrial unity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801474140
• ISBN13: 9780801474149
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher