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From the folks who brought you the weekend, an illustrated history of labor in the United States, Priscilla Murolo and A.B. Chitty ; illustrations by Joe Sacco

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From the folks who brought you the weekend, an illustrated history of labor in the United States, Priscilla Murolo and A.B. Chitty ; illustrations by Joe Sacco

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-428) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From the folks who brought you the weekend

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1049172766

Responsibility statement

Priscilla Murolo and A.B. Chitty ; illustrations by Joe Sacco

Sub title

an illustrated history of labor in the United States

Summary

A comprehensive look at the history of the United States through the prism of working people. In this fully updated new edition, the authors have added a wealth of fresh analysis of labor's role in American life, and three entirely new chapters on global labor developments, worker activism in immigrant communities, and the 2016 election and unions' relationships to Trump. -- Adapted from back cover

Table Of Contents

Preface to the revised edition -- Foreword and acknowledgments from the first edition -- Labor in colonial America -- The American Revolution -- Slavery and freedom in the new Republic -- Civil War and Reconstruction -- Labor versus monopoly in the Gilded Age -- Labor and empire -- America, Inc. -- Labor on the march -- Hot war, cold war -- The Sixties -- Hard times -- One step forward, two steps back -- Workers of the world -- Rising tide -- Tipping point

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Illustrated history of labor in the United States

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