Barons of Labor

The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era

Häftad, Engelska, 1988

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Beskrivning

From the depression of the 1890s through World War I, construction tradesman held an important place in San Francisco's economic, political, and social life. Michael Kazin's award-winning study delves into how the city's Building Trades Council (BTC) created, accumulated, used, and lost their power. He traces the rise of the BTC into a force that helped govern San Francisco, controlled its potential progress, and articulated an ideology that made sense of the changes sweeping the West and the country. Believing themselves the equals of officeholders and corporate managers, these working and retired craftsmen pursued and protected their own power while challenging conservatives and urban elites for the right to govern. What emerges is a long-overdue look at building trades as a force in labor history within the dramatic story of how the city's 25,000 building workers exercised power on the job site and within the halls of government, until the forces of reaction all but destroyed the BTC.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1988-12-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt:426 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:338
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252060755

Utforska kategorier

Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Michael Kazin is a professor in the Department of History at Georgetown University and the coeditor of Dissent. His books include War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 and American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation.

Recensioner i media

Winner of an Honorable Mention from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Association and a 1989 Western Heritage Award for Significant Scholarly Research and selected for the 1990 ALA "Best Bibliographies in History" list.— the Professional and Scholarly Publishing AssociationWinner of an Honorable Mention from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Association and a 1989 Western Heritage Award for Significant Scholarly Research and selected for the 1990 ALA "Best Bibliographies in History" list.— a 1989 Western Heritage Award for Significant Scholarly ResearchWinner of an Honorable Mention from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Association and a 1989 Western Heritage Award for Significant Scholarly Research and selected for the 1990 ALA "Best Bibliographies in History" list.— 1990 ALA "Best Bibliographies in History" list

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments xiAbbreviations xiiiIntroduction 3I The Rise to Power 1 "Where Unionism Holds Undisputed Sway": San Francisco in the Progressive Era 132 Ascent to Isolation, 1896-1902 36II The Use of Power3 Leaders 674 The Closed-Shop Empire: From Job Site to Labor Temple 825 Social Conflict and the Earthquake, 1903-1907 1136 Reform, Utopia, and Racism: The Politics of California Craftsmen 1457 The Misgoverning of San Francisco, 1908-1911 177II The Loss of Power8 Perils of Compromise in the Exposition City, 1912-1915 2179 Dynamics of Defeat, 1916-1921 23410 The Building Trades in an Open-Shop City 270Conclusion 277Appendixes 293Index 307

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