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About this book
The gold standard of American labor history references, updated to include the latest political, social, and economic developments of the 2020s
Labor in America: A History, Tenth Edition, is a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of the U.S. labor movement from the colonial era to the 2020s. Authors Melvyn Dubofsky and Joseph A. McCartin have expanded and updated their landmark text, incorporating significant recent events and their implications for American labor. The book addresses the continuing and evolving challenges faced by American workers, critical developments in U.S. labor history, the impact of economic and political changes, and more.
Dubofsky and McCartin offer nuanced analyses of workers' collective actions, the formation of unions, and the role of labor in shaping American society. They provide a rich historical context and a detailed narrative of labor history for students, scholars, and laypersons alike. The authors also explain the likely impact of major contemporary trends on workers, including the rise of the gig economy, and discuss the most critical influences on modern U.S. labor.
An invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history and future of labor in the United States, Labor in America: A History will undoubtedly remain the gold standard in the field for years to come.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface to the Tenth Edition
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Laboring a Nation into Being
- Chapter 2 Labor in the New Republic, 1790 to 1830
- Chapter 3 The Protean Power of Organization, 1828 to 1840
- Chapter 4 Irrepressible Conflicts, 1840 to 1860
- Chapter 5 The Incomplete Triumph of Free Labor, 1861 to 1877
- Chapter 6 The Great Upheaval, 1877 to 1887
- Chapter 7 The Rise of the American Federation of Labor, 1886 to 1896
- Chapter 8 Labor at the Dawn of the Progressive Era, 1896 to 1908
- Chapter 9 Winds of Change, 1908 to 1916
- Chapter 10 War, Reform, and Reaction, 1914 to 1922
- Chapter 11 The 1920s
- Chapter 12 The New Deal and the Rebirth of Labor Militancy
- Chapter 13 The CIO and the New Deal Order
- Chapter 14 World War II
- Chapter 15 Workers and Unions in the Postwar Era
- Chapter 16 Labor’s Long Sixties, 1960 to 1973
- Chapter 17 The Great Reversal, 1974 to 1990s
- Chapter 18 Renewal and Setback, 1990s to 2009
- Chapter 19 Resiliency and Disruption, 2009 to 2020
- Chapter 20 Making the Road by Walking: Labor in the 2020s:
- Further Reading
- Index
- EULA