| Title : | American Labor | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Henry Pelling, Author | | Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | | Publication Date: | 1960 | | Series: | The Chicago History of American Civilization | | ISBN (or other code): | LabPel1960 | | Languages : | English (eng) | | Descriptors: | Labour, Unionism, Working-Class
| | Keywords: | American Labor, America, Labour, Labor, History | | Abstract: | "This highly readable and authoritative narrative history of labor in the United States examines three hundred years of Americans at work and attempts to discover what is uniquely "American" about our labor experience and why that experience has been woven inseparably into the whole story of American exceptionalism. From the days when bonded servants and free craftsmen helped settle the Colonies, through the turning point of post-Civil War industrialization, past all the crucial stages of labor unionism up to the present, American workers have been united in a seemingly irresistible quest for an American standard of living. Today, when American workers enjoy the highest wages in the world, it seems especially appropriate to learn how they pursued and realized that quest." |
American Labor [printed text] / Henry Pelling, Author . - [S.l.] : University of Chicago Press, 1960. - ( The Chicago History of American Civilization) . ISSN : LabPel1960 Languages : English ( eng) | Descriptors: | Labour, Unionism, Working-Class
| | Keywords: | American Labor, America, Labour, Labor, History | | Abstract: | "This highly readable and authoritative narrative history of labor in the United States examines three hundred years of Americans at work and attempts to discover what is uniquely "American" about our labor experience and why that experience has been woven inseparably into the whole story of American exceptionalism. From the days when bonded servants and free craftsmen helped settle the Colonies, through the turning point of post-Civil War industrialization, past all the crucial stages of labor unionism up to the present, American workers have been united in a seemingly irresistible quest for an American standard of living. Today, when American workers enjoy the highest wages in the world, it seems especially appropriate to learn how they pursued and realized that quest." |
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