Labor's Story in the United States

Informationen zum Autor Philip Yale Nicholson is Professor of History at Nassau Community College and Adjunct Professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations! Long Island Extension. He is the author of Who Do We Think We Are?: Race and Nation in the Modern World. Klappentext Philip Yale Nicholson is Professor of History at Nassau Community College and Adjunct Professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Long Island Extension. He is the author of Who Do We Think We Are? Race and Nation in the Modern World. Zusammenfassung Offering a historical overview of labor in the United States! this book examines the questions! the villains! the heroes! and the issues of work. It focuses on the integral relationship between the strength of labor and the growth of democracy! painting a picture of the strength of labor movements and how they helped make the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. European and Colonial Foundations to 1760 2. Labor and Liberty in the Formation of the Nation! 1760-1830 3. Great Contrasts: Factory and Field! Slavery and Democracy! Civil War! 1830-1865 4. The Heroic Age of Labor; The Days of the "Martyrs and the Saints!" 1865-1893 5. Challenges and Responses! 1893-1913 6. Bang! Boom! Bust: The Great War! Jazz Age! and Great Crash! 1914-1932 7. Labor Valued: The New Deal and War! 1933-1947 8. Constructing Consensus: Labor in the Cold War! 1945-1968 9. Labor and the Corporate State! 1969-1992 10. Labor's Recent Past and the Future of Democracy

Zusammenfassung
Offering a historical overview of labor in the United States, this book examines the questions, the villains, the heroes, and the issues of work. It focuses on the integral relationship between the strength of labor and the growth of democracy, painting a picture of the strength of labor movements and how they helped make the United States.

Inhalt
Preface 1. European and Colonial Foundations to 1760 2. Labor and Liberty in the Formation of the Nation, 1760-1830 3. Great Contrasts: Factory and Field, Slavery and Democracy, Civil War, 1830-1865 4. The Heroic Age of Labor; The Days of the "Martyrs and the Saints," 1865-1893 5. Challenges and Responses, 1893-1913 6. Bang, Boom, Bust: The Great War, Jazz Age, and Great Crash, 1914-1932 7. Labor Valued: The New Deal and War, 1933-1947 8. Constructing Consensus: Labor in the Cold War, 1945-1968 9. Labor and the Corporate State, 1969-1992 10. Labor's Recent Past and the Future of Democracy

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