The Rise of the National Trade Union: The Development and Significance of Its Structure, Governing Institutions, and Economic Policies, Second Edition

by Lloyd Ulman

The national trade union is the dominant institution in the American labor movement. In this book the author analyzes its emergence and development in the latter half of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries. It was during this period that the labor union as a nationwide organization achieved dominance over other labor institutions. The author discusses first the historical factors affecting trade union development. The body of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674772806
• ISBN13: 9780674772809
• Release Date: January 1955
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 639 Pages
• Weight: 2.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.8" x 9.6"