Rethinking U.S. labor history : essays on the working-class experience, 1756-2009

Rethinking U.S. labor history : essays on the working-class experience, 1756-2009 / edited by Donna T. Haverty-Stacke and Daniel J. Walkowitz.

Labor History has recently undergone something of a renaissance that has yet to be documented. The book chronicles this rejuvenation with contributions from new scholars as well as established names. Rethinking U.S. Labor History focuses particularly on those issues of pressing interest for today�...

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Other Authors: Haverty-Stacke, Donna T., Walkowitz, Daniel J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Continuum, 2010.
Subjects:
Working class > United States > History.
Labor > United States > History.
Labor movement > United States > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Labor
Labor movement
Working class
United States
History
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Summary:Labor History has recently undergone something of a renaissance that has yet to be documented. The book chronicles this rejuvenation with contributions from new scholars as well as established names. Rethinking U.S. Labor History focuses particularly on those issues of pressing interest for today's labor historians: the relationship of class and culture; the link between worker's experience and the changing political economy; the role that gender and race have played in America's labor history; and finally, the transnational turn.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 337 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and index.
ISBN:9781441135469
1441135464
1282912526
9781282912526
9786612912528
6612912529
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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