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

By: Dray, Philip.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [727]-741) and index.Description: xii, 772 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780385526296; 0385526296.Subject(s): Labor unions -- United States -- History | Labor movement -- United States -- History | Industrialization -- Social aspects -- United States -- History | United States -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 331.880973
Contents:
The 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 -- A time for choosing.
Summary: From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the industrial age to the present day.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [727]-741) and index.

The 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 -- A time for choosing.

From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the industrial age to the present day.

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