From the folks who brought you the weekend : a short, illustrated history of labor in the United States / Priscilla Murolo and A.B. Chitty ; illustrations by Joe Sacco.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565844440 (hc.)
- ISBN: 1565847768 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xx, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : New Press : 2001.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-344) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Ch. 1. Labor in colonial America : the bound and the free -- Legacies of conquest -- Indentured labor in British colonies -- Slavery -- Free labor -- Unruly labor -- Ch. 2. The American Revolution -- From resistance to independence -- The people's war and the gentlemen's republic -- Republican legacies -- Ch. 3. Slavery and freedom in the new republic -- "If you can't fight, kick" -- Wage workers and activism -- Solidarity and fragmentation -- Westward expansion and irrepressible conflict -- Ch. 4. Civil War and Reconstruction -- The Civil War -- Southern Reconstruction and counterrevolution -- Labor movements and struggles -- Whose government? -- Ch. 5. Labor versus monopoly in the Gilded Age -- Industrial capitalism : consolidation and crisis -- The working classes -- The Knights of Labor -- The American Federation of Labor -- Populism and racism -- Ch. 6. Labor and empire -- Empire abroad, empire at home -- The labor movement in the Progressive era -- The Great War -- The war's aftermath -- Ch. 7. America, Inc. -- The roaring twenties -- The labor movement of the twenties -- Early years of the Great Depression -- Labor rising -- Ch. 8. Labor on the march -- Grassroots unionism -- The rise of the CIO -- Whose America? -- Ch. 9. Hot war, Cold War -- America at war -- The postwar world -- "Big labor" -- Ch. 10. The sixties -- In the spirit of Montgomery -- "Power to the people" -- The sixties in the workplace -- A house divided -- Ch. 11. Hard times -- Lean and mean -- Race to the bottom -- Fighting back -- Ch. 12. Brave new world -- Making change -- Steps forward, steps back -- Turn of the century. |
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Subject: | Labor > United States > History. Working class > United States > History. Labor movement > United States > History. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HD 8066 .M86 2001 | 30533881 | General Collection | Available | - |