Offering six historical essays from the out-of-print volume originally published by the US 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.
"The Emergence of American Labor" by Richard B. Morris
"Builders of the Young Republic" by Edward Pessen
"Labor in the Industrial Era" by David Montgomery
"Workers of a New Century" by Philip Taft
"Americans in Depression and War" by Irving Bernstein
"Unions and Rights in the Space Age" by John T. Dunlop
Also included are an extensive bibliography, glossary, and chronology of American labor from 1617 to 1976.
"The Emergence of American Labor" by Richard B. Morris
"Builders of the Young Republic" by Edward Pessen
"Labor in the Industrial Era" by David Montgomery
"Workers of a New Century" by Philip Taft
"Americans in Depression and War" by Irving Bernstein
"Unions and Rights in the Space Age" by John T. Dunlop
Also included are an extensive bibliography, glossary, and chronology of American labor from 1617 to 1976.
