{"product_id":"barons-of-labor-9780252060755","title":"Barons of Labor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Kazin's book is about far more than the construction industry: it also illuminates the social and political history of San Francisco. . . . Gracefully written and adorned with evocative portraits of local political and labor leaders, \u003ci\u003eBarons of Labor\u003c\/i\u003e is absorbing reading as well as a fine piece of history.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A bold and pioneering work that revises our understanding of skilled craftsmen and the politics of class in the Progressive Era.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBarons of Labor\u003c\/i\u003e is superb work, carefully researched and written with clarity, vitality, and wit, a pleasure as well as an education to read.\"--\u003ci\u003eLabor History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kazin's book is about far more than the construction industry: it also illuminates the social and political history of San Francisco. . . . Gracefully written and adorned with evocative portraits of local political and labor leaders, \u003ci\u003eBarons of Labor\u003c\/i\u003e is absorbing reading as well as a fine piece of history.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A bold and pioneering work that revises our understanding of skilled craftsmen and the politics of class in the Progressive Era.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBarons of Labor,\u003c\/i\u003e is superb work, carefully researched and written with clarity, vitality, and wit, a pleasure as well as an education to read.\"--\u003ci\u003eLabor History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e I The Rise to Power \u003cbr\u003e 1 \"Where Unionism Holds Undisputed Sway\": San Francisco in the Progressive Era 13\u003cbr\u003e 2 Ascent to Isolation, 1896-1902 36\u003cbr\u003e II The Use of Power\u003cbr\u003e 3 Leaders 67\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Closed-Shop  Empire: From Job Site to Labor Temple 82\u003cbr\u003e 5 Social Conflict and the Earthquake, 1903-1907 113\u003cbr\u003e 6 Reform, Utopia, and Racism: The Politics of California Craftsmen 145\u003cbr\u003e 7 The Misgoverning of San Francisco, 1908-1911 177\u003cbr\u003e II The Loss of Power\u003cbr\u003e 8 Perils of Compromise in the Exposition City, 1912-1915 217\u003cbr\u003e 9 Dynamics of Defeat, 1916-1921 234\u003cbr\u003e 10 The Building Trades in an Open-Shop City 270\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 277\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes 293\u003cbr\u003e Index 307\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400461197655,"sku":"9780252060755","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/barons-of-labor-9780252060755","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}