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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book represents the pick of a growing crop. The authors are . . . inspired by the belief in the capacity of ordinary people to overrule the directors of the corporation and the state."--Michael Kazin,
The Nation"These essays represent the highest state of the art. . . . They are mandatory reading for scholars and students alike."--Bruce Laurie,
Industrial and Labor Relations ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction
Michael H. Frisch and Daniel J. Walkowitz ix
The Social System of Early New England Textile Mills: A Case Study, 1812-40
Jonathan Prude 1
Artisan Republican Festivals and the Rise of Class Conflict in New York City, 1788-1837
Sean Wilentz 37
The Origins of the Sweatshop: Women and Early Industrialization in New York City
Christine Stansell 78
The Uses of Political Power: Toward a Theory of the Labor Movement in the Era of the Knights of Labor
Leon Fink 104
The Triumph of Commerce: Class Culture and Mass Culture in Pittsburgh
Francis G. Couvares 123
Trade-Union Evangelism: Religion and the AFL in the Labor Forward Movement, 1912-16
Elizabeth and Kenneth Fones-Wolf 153
"The Customers Ain't God": The Work Culture of Department-Store Saleswomen, 1890-1940
Susan Porter Benson 185
Dress Rehearsal for the New Deal: Shop-Floor Insurgents, Political Elites, and Industrial Democracy in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Steve Fraser 212
Catholics, Communists, and Republicans: Irish Workers and the Organization of the Transport Workers Union
Joshua B. Freeman 256 Conflict over Workers' Control: The Automobile Industry in World War II
Nelson Lichtenstein 284
Notes on Contributors 312
