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Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.S. Department of Labor, this book tells the richly dramatic and rewarding story of the working men and women who built the nation, from colonial settlement and the beginning of the republic through the modern labor movement and the space age.



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. The Emergence of American Labor, pg. 7*2. Builders of the Young Republic, pg. 43*3. Labor in the Industrial Era, pg. 79*4. Workers of a New Century, pg. 115*5. Americans in Depression and War, pg. 151*6. Unions and Rights in the Space Age, pg. 187*The Bargaining Table, pg. 215*Authors' Biographies, pg. 223*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 229*GLOSSARY, pg. 241*CHRONOLOGY, pg. 252

A History of the American Worker

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691613222
      978-0691613222
      ISBN-10 0691613222
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.S. Department of Labor, this book tells the richly dramatic and rewarding story of the working men and women who built the nation, from colonial settlement and the beginning of the republic through the modern labor movement and the space age.



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. The Emergence of American Labor, pg. 7*2. Builders of the Young Republic, pg. 43*3. Labor in the Industrial Era, pg. 79*4. Workers of a New Century, pg. 115*5. Americans in Depression and War, pg. 151*6. Unions and Rights in the Space Age, pg. 187*The Bargaining Table, pg. 215*Authors' Biographies, pg. 223*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 229*GLOSSARY, pg. 241*CHRONOLOGY, pg. 252

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