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Zeidel presents a detailed account of a great swath of American society whose dynamics remain pertinent today. Recommended.

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Introduction: Capitalists and Immigrants in Historical Perspective, 1865–1924
1. Harmonic Dissidence: Immigrants and the Onset of Industrial Strife
2. No Danger among Them: Asian Immigrants as Industrial Workers
3. Alien Anarchism: Immigrants and Industrial Unrest in the 1880s
4. Confronting the Barons: Immigrant Workers and Individual Moguls
5. Into the New Century: Economic Expansion and Continued Discord
6. Turmoil Amid Reform: Immigrant Worker Protest and Progressivism
7. Effects of War: Immigrant Labor Dynamics during the Great War
8. Addressing the Reds: Immigrants and the Postwar Great Scare of 1919–1921
9. Restricting the Hordes: Implementation of Immigrant Quotas
Epilogue

Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 15 April 2020
      ISBN-13 9781501748318
      978-1501748318
      ISBN-10 1501748319
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      Industrial relations, occupational health

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      Zeidel presents a detailed account of a great swath of American society whose dynamics remain pertinent today. Recommended.

      * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Capitalists and Immigrants in Historical Perspective, 1865–1924
      1. Harmonic Dissidence: Immigrants and the Onset of Industrial Strife
      2. No Danger among Them: Asian Immigrants as Industrial Workers
      3. Alien Anarchism: Immigrants and Industrial Unrest in the 1880s
      4. Confronting the Barons: Immigrant Workers and Individual Moguls
      5. Into the New Century: Economic Expansion and Continued Discord
      6. Turmoil Amid Reform: Immigrant Worker Protest and Progressivism
      7. Effects of War: Immigrant Labor Dynamics during the Great War
      8. Addressing the Reds: Immigrants and the Postwar Great Scare of 1919–1921
      9. Restricting the Hordes: Implementation of Immigrant Quotas
      Epilogue

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