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Teenagers
An American History
Häftad, 1997
218 kr
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Nobody worried about teenagers" prior to the 1940s. In fact, as a culturally or economically defined entity they did not exist. But in the 50 years since the last world war, when the term was first coined, teenagers have had an enormous impact on American culture. They have reshaped our language, …
Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 7
The American Federation of Labor Under Siege, 1906-9
Av Samuel Gompers, Stuart J Kaufman m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1300 kr
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Looking around him in 1906, Samuel Gompers saw a labor movement besetby opponents who, he said, "represent neither conscience nor humanity,but rather greed and avarice." This installment in the multivolumedocumentary history of the nation's premier labor leader spotlights apivotal period in the …
Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol.9
Vol. 9: the American Federation of Labor at the Height of Progressivism, 1913-17
Av Peter J. Albert, Grace Palladino
Inbunden, 2003
1300 kr
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Between 1913 and 1917, the American Federation of Labor launched a wide-ranging campaign to organize women workers, expanded the Labor Forward Movement to organize the unorganized, tested new methods of reaching unskilled workers, and welcomed new unions into the fold.In this ninth volume of …
Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol 10
The American Federation of Labor and the Great War, 1917-18
Av Samuel Gompers, Peter J. Albert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1283 kr
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Volume 10 of the Samuel Gompers Papers focuses on the AFL's struggle to serve the nation and the labor movement during the critical period when American neutrality gave way to war. Beginning with Gompers' last minute effort to persuade German workers to avoid war with the United States, it follows …
Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 11
The Postwar Years 1918-21
Av Samuel Gompers, Peter J. Albert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1573 kr
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Volume 11 of the Samuel Gompers Papers documents a pivotal moment in labor history, when the wartime promise of industrial democracy gave way to business as usual in the postwar world. Spanning a turbulent period of wildcat strikes, racial unrest, and political experimentation, this volume presents …
Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 12
The Last Years, 1922-24
Av Samuel Gompers, Peter J. Albert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1502 kr
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Still working hard in his seventies, Samuel Gompers gave no thought to retiring. But he faced a world of challenges in his final years as president of the American Federation of Labor. Ascendant Republicans were hostile. Conflicts over tactics and strategies divided the labor movement. And …
Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 13
Cumulative Index
Av Samuel Gompers, Peter J. Albert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
703 kr
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Samuel Gompers (1850–1924) devoted his life to improving the conditions of American workers through better wages, shorter workdays, and safer workplaces, achieved through common effort, democratic organization, and practical action. His objective was betterment, or, as he often said, "more." His …
Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits
A Century of Building Trades History
Inbunden, 2004
739 kr
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Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits follows the history of the Building and Construction Trades Department from the emergence of building trades councils in the age of the skyscraper; through treacherous fights over jurisdiction as new building materials and methods of work evolved; and through numerous …
Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits
A Century of Building Trades History
Häftad, 2007
417 kr
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Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits follows the history of the Building and Construction Trades Department from the emergence of building trades councils in the age of the skyscraper; through treacherous fights over jurisdiction as new building materials and methods of work evolved; and through numerous …
Another Civil War
Labor, Capital, and the State in the Anthracite Regions of Pennsylvania, 1840–1868
Häftad, 2006
344 kr
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Winner of the Avery O. Craven Prize of the Organization of American HistoriansAnother Civil War explores a tumultuous era of social change in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania. Because the Union Army depended on anthracite to fuel steam-powered factories, locomotives, and battle ships, coal …
