Daniel Nelson

Shifting Fortunes

The Rise and Decline of American Labor, from the 1820s to the Present

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A concise, original, and illuminating interpretation of the rise and decline of American labor from the 1820s to the present, focusing on the role of the autonomous worker, the threat of employer reprisals, and the influence of external forces. Lively, coherent, and eminently readable...an excellent overview. Choice. Selected by Choice as an outstanding book for 1998. American Ways Series.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 139mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9781566631808
• ISBN-10: 1566631807
• Artikelnr.: 21899022

Autorenporträt

Daniel Nelson teaches American history at the University of Akron. He has also written Managers and Workers, Farm and Factory, and Frederick W. Taylor and the Rise of Scientific Management.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Union Growth in Perspective Chapter 2: Miners and Organized Labor Chapter 3: Urban Workers and Organized Labor Chapter 4: New Environments
New Challenges
1897-1930 Chapter 5: The Labor Movement at High Tide
1930-1953 Chapter 6: The Decline of American Labor