American Labor: A Documentary History 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Dubofsky, Melvyn (Editor), McCartin, J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0312295642 ISBN-13: 9780312295646 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | Social History |
Dewey: 331.097 |
LCCN: 2003058099 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 312 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This single-volume comprehensive compilation of documents integrates institutional labour history (movements and trade unions) with aspects of social and cultural history, as well as charting changes in trade union and managerial practices, and integrating the economics and politics of labour history. It includes documents that treat household relations as well as industrial relations; women as domestic workers and unpaid household labour as well as factory workers; and African American, Hispanic American (especially Mexican and Mexican American), and Asian workers as well as white workers. American Labor offers readers an insight into the full spectrum historically of workers, their daily lives, and the movements that they created. |