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Labor Will Rule: Sidney Hillman and the Rise of American Labor

by Steve Fraser

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Reprint of the Free Press book originally published in 1991 (and warmly received by PW-4/12/91, LJ-4/12/91, and Kirkus 4/15/91). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Historian Steve Fraser is the author of The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and power.

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Philip Taft Labor History Book Award (1991)

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People/Characters: Sidney Hillman

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 2

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Published: 1991
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, Economics, General Nonfiction, Business
DDC/MDS: 331.88
LCC: HD8073 .H5 .F73

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