A History of the American Worker (eBook)

Richard B. Morris (Herausgeber)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5617-6 (ISBN)

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Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.S. Department of Labor, this book tells the richly dramatic and rewarding story of the working men and women who built the nation, from colonial settlement and the beginning of the republic through the modern labor movement and the space age.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: abolitionism • aftermath of world war I • Agency shop • Alien and Sedition Acts • Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers • American Federation of Labor • American Labor Union • american liberty league • American Motors • American Railway Union • anarchist communism • anarcho-syndicalism • A People's History of the United States • Black Codes (United States) • Boston Police Strike • Bureau of Labor Statistics • Business unionism • Clayton Antitrust Act • collective bargaining • communism • Company union • Congress of Industrial Organizations • Council of National Defense • Employment • Eugene V. Debs • Fair Employment Practice Committee • Fair Labor Standards Act • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Grand Army of the Republic • Harrison Gray Otis (politician) • Herbert Hoover • indentured servant • Industrial and Labor Relations Review • industrial espionage • industrialisation • Industrial relations • Industrial Revolution • industrial unionism • industrial worker • Industrial Workers of the World • International Brotherhood of Teamsters • International Workingmen's Association • John Brophy (labor) • John F. Kennedy • Jurisdictional strike • Knights of Labor • laborer • Labor history (discipline) • Labor history of the United States • Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 • labor relations • Labour movement • Lockout (industry) • Martin Van Buren • minimum wage law • Mohawk Valley formula • National Labor Board • National Labor Federation • National Labor Party • National Labor Relations Act • National Labor Relations Board • National policy • National War Labor Board • New York City Draft Riots • Organization of American States • Railway Labor Act • Redemptioner • Resettlement Administration • Seattle General Strike • Sitdown strike • Slavery • social revolution • Sons of liberty • Southern Tenant Farmers Union • Sovereigns of Industry • Strike action • Strikebreaker • The American Political Tradition • Thomas Jefferson • Trade Union • Trotskyism • Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution • Unemployment • union army • Union label • Union Movement • Union shop • United Automobile Workers • United Mine Workers • united states declaration of independence • United States Department of Labor • United Steelworkers • U.S. Steel • Voice of Industry • Wage regulation • Western Federation of Miners • Worker's compensation (Germany) • workhouse • World War I • World War II
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5617-5 / 1400856175
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5617-6 / 9781400856176