{"product_id":"the-labor-question-in-america-economic-democracy-in-the-gilded-age-9780252035708","title":"The Labor Question in America  Economic Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA nuanced assessment of citizenship and labor in the Progressive Era\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an important work, one of the most important recent books, not only in labor history, but in social theory.  Filled with insights and surprising twists, it repays a careful reading and rereading.  It is a model study; I have added it to my graduate reading lists and urge everyone to do the same.\"--\u003ci\u003eLabor History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\"Currarino's book will enable readers to understand the transformations that took place during the Gilded Age, not only in the minds of workers but in American society as a whole.  Altogether, the book is an impressive accomplishment.\"--\u003ci\u003eBusiness History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"This splendidly researched cultural and intellectual history of the 'labor question' during the Gilded Age offers a masterful explanation of the move from a producerist to a consumerist understanding of citizenship and labor. \u003ci\u003eThe Labor Question in America\u003c\/i\u003e will be widely read by students and scholars of the labor movement, the development of twentieth-century liberalism, and the history of the Gilded Age.\"--Lawrence M. Lipin, author of \u003ci\u003eWorkers and the Wild: Conservation, Consumerism, and Labor in Oregon, 1910-30\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rosanne Currarino has provided a nuanced, deeply informed reading of the complex intellectual and cultural currents that shaped the labor question in the late nineteenth century.  This is quite simply a marvelously informative book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"More a cultural history of the debates over the role of labor in American life than a history of labor activities themselves.  This book packs a surprisingly large volume of historical content and sophisticated argument into a slim volume.\"--\u003ci\u003eHistory Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This book is a valuable contribution to the history of the Gilded Age, as it provides scholars of the period with a concise intellectual history to better position studies of workers themselves.\"--\u003ci\u003eLabor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A compelling case that economic democracy requires the full participation of the American working class in the economic life of the nation as both workers \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e consumers.\"--\u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Currarino has identified a vital shift in the debate over the meaning of democracy in a nation where such a large portion of its citizens were dependent upon others for their livelihoods.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036819030359,"sku":"9780252035708","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252035708.jpg?v=1750932648","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-labor-question-in-america-economic-democracy-in-the-gilded-age-9780252035708","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}