Workingmen's Democracy: The Knights of Labor and American Politics

by Leon Fink

Book Overview

Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor--the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century--Workingmen's Democracy explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions.

Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252012569
• ISBN13: 9780252012563
• Release Date: July 1985
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"