American labor: a documentary collection

This comprehensive compilation of documents integrates institutional labor history (movements and trade unions) with aspects of social and cultural history. It charts changes in trade union and managerial practices and integrates the economics and politics of labor history. An impressive array of do...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2004
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:This comprehensive compilation of documents integrates institutional labor history (movements and trade unions) with aspects of social and cultural history. It charts changes in trade union and managerial practices and integrates the economics and politics of labor history. An impressive array of documents details household as well as industrial relations women as domestic workers, unpaid household labor, and factory workers African American, Hispanic American (especially Mexican and Mexican American), Asian and white workers. It offers readers insight into the full historical spectrum of workers, their daily lives, and the movements that they created.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:VI, 320 S. Kt.
ISBN:0312295650
0312295642

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