A History of the American Worker / / ed. by Richard B. Morris.

Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.S. 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 thr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1983
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 752
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Physical Description:1 online resource (278 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
INTRODUCTION --
1. The Emergence of American Labor --
2. Builders of the Young Republic --
3. Labor in the Industrial Era --
4. Workers of a New Century --
5. Americans in Depression and War --
6. Unions and Rights in the Space Age --
The Bargaining Table --
Authors' Biographies --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
GLOSSARY --
CHRONOLOGY
Summary:Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.S. 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.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400856176
9783110413441
9783110413489
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400856176
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Richard B. Morris.