The United Brotherhood of Carpenters: The First Hundred Years

by Walter Galenson

What makes American labor unions distinctive from others in advanced Western countries is neither as simple as their wanting "more" nor as philosophical as their operating in an open-class society. Through a comprehensive analysis of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters--the largest union before the 1930s and the pioneer--Walter Galenson details the reasons for the union's success. He finds that the Carpenters survived the vicissitudes of rapid industrialization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674921968
• ISBN13: 9780674921962
• Release Date: November 1983
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"