{"product_id":"labor-in-america-9781118976852","title":"Labor in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book, designed to give a survey history of American labor from colonial times to the present, is uniquely well suited to speak to the concerns of today   s teachers and students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures ix \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Conditions of Labor in Colonial America 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife and Labor in the Colonies 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkers, Politics, and Revolution 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Varieties of Worker Resistance and the Emergence of the First Unions 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of Worker Organization 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Unions 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw versus Labor 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Growth of Labor Organization 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Growth of the Market and Labor’s Response 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkingmen’s Parties 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeadership 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Action 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Labor Organizing in the 1830s 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnion Growth 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA National Labor Movement? 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Urge to Strike 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Employer Counterattack 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe National Trades’ Union 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Decline of Unionism 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Free Labor in an Emerging Industrial Economy 62\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrialism, Technological Change, and Reform 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRebuilding a Union Movement 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coming of War 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Toward National Organization 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe National Labor Union 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe NLU and Social Reform 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDepression and Union Decline 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 An Era of Upheaval 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnrest and Conflict 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Railroad Strikes 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Haymarket Square Riot 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Rise and Decline of the Knights of Labor 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of the Knights of Labor 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Knights 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Decline of the Knights 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The American Federation of Labor 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Triumph of Business Unionism 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamuel Gompers and the New Union Model 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of the AFL 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Principles and Policies of the AFL 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Labor Conflict and Economic Crisis in the 1890s 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorker Resistance and Industrial Conflict 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor, Populism, and Socialism 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor at Ebb Tide 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Labor Question in the Progressive Era 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmployers and Unions Experiment with Accommodation 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Employers Fight Back 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAFL Political Action and a Nascent Labor–Democratic Alliance 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganizing Immigrant Workers 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Rise and Repression of Labor Radicalism 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the IWW 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spirit of the IWW 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lawrence Strike 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Decline, Repression, and Lasting Legacy of the IWW 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 The Great War's Ambiguous Legacy 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostwar Labor Upheaval 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Last Throes of Postwar Labor Militancy, 1919 to 1922 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Economic Change and Union Retreat in the 1920s 206\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Plan and the Open Shop 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelfare Capitalism 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Failure of Insurgent Politics, 1922 to 1924 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe AFL after Gompers 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Demoralization of Organized Labor 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 The New Deal 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 7(a) and the Revival of Organizing 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wagner Act 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Deal Political Order 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 The Rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations 242\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn L. Lewis and the CIO 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of the CIO 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Labor and the New Deal State 264\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar, Lewis, and the Election of 1940 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 World War II 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe NWLB and Labor Politics 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWartime Racial Conflict 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Postwar Strike Wave, 1945 and 1946 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Industrial Relations System 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Retrenchment, Cold War, and Consolidation, 1946 to 1955 302\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor, Taft-Hartley, and Politics 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Purge of Labor’s Left Wing 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA United Labor Movement 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAFL-CIO: A “Sleepy Monopoly” 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Turbulent Years, 1955 to 1972 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Onset of Organized Labor’s Decline 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorruption and Deepening Conflict 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutomation and Alienation 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor, Civil Rights, and the Great Society 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of Public Employee Unionism 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar and Division 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 The Great Reversal: Workers and Unions, 1973 to 1994 344\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Crisis and Its Aftermath 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestructuring the Labor Force 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of Conservative Politics and Neoliberal Policy 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emerging Crisis of Unionism 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarbingers of Deepening Crisis: Mass Production and Transportation 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 Workers and Unions at the Millennium 369\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRising Resistance and Its Limitations 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Change of Direction for Labor 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Troubles, Political Setbacks, and War 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImprovising in Difficult Times 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalmart, the “Fissured Workplace,” and Weakened Regulation 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDissension, Schism, and Political Breakthrough 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 A Precarious Moment 393\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBailouts, Job Insecurity, and Lowered Labor Standards 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward an Unequal Society 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Obama Presidency’s Mixed Legacy 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Renewed Assault on Unions and Collective Bargaining 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath Throes or Birth Pangs? 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: An Uncharted Path 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 447\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863120380247,"sku":"9781118976852","price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118976852.jpg?v=1759919692","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/labor-in-america-9781118976852","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}