There is power in a union : the epic story of labor in America /

From the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, the first real factories in America, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth-century and their waning influence today, the contest between labor and capital for their share of American bounty has shaped our national experience. Philip Dray shows us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dray, Philip (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York : Anchor Books, 2011.
Edition:	First Anchor books edition.
Subjects:	Labor policy > United States > History. Labor unions > United States > History. Labor movement > United States > History. Industrialization > Social aspects > United States > History. Travail > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire. Mouvement ouvrier > États-Unis > Histoire. Industrialisation > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire. Industrialization > Social aspects. Labor movement. Labor unions. Labor policy. United States. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Oppressing hand of avarice
Hell with the lid off
We mean to have eight hours
Pullman's town
Industrial democracy
We shall be all
Dynamite
Let us have peace and make cars
Spies, crooks, and congressmen
If America's soul becomes poisoned
Time for choosing
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index.