Labor in America: A History
by Melvyn Dubofsky
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"The history of labor is inextricably linked with the history of the United States, and today, undergraduate students are seeing a new chapter in labor history unfold before them, with wages stagnating, inequality growing, and unions taking on renewed importance in the workplace. While labor unions and the demand for workers' rights have had a dramatic effect on the shape of modern American life, students coming to this topic for the first time may be surprised to learn how many things they show more take for granted, like health and safety protections in the workplace or the standard 40-hour work week, are due to the work of workers and unions. Labor in America, Tenth Edition, is a market-leading textbook on the role played by workers, unions, and organizers in the development of American history from colonial times to the present. First written by Foster Rhea Dulles for publication in 1949, it has become the standard of education in university courses in labor history in America. Updates for each edition have brought coverage up to speed with the most recent changes in labor history. New in the tenth edition, coverage has been reorganized to condense historical material, bringing the work from 23 to 17 chapters and making the book more suitable for typical university course structures. New material has been added throughout, with special attention paid to the role of the courts and law in frustrating worker advancement over the 19th- and 20th-centuries. Throughout, chapters have been heavily updated to provide deeper attention to the relationships of race, gender, and immigration status with the history of worker organizations and to shine a light on the role of the labor movement as a force in favor of democracy. The book features an almost wholly new final chapter which brings coverage up to date and accounts for the impact of the election of Donald Trump on American workers, the Great Recession, and the rise of Amazon, Uber, and the Platform Economy"-- show lessTags
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- Important places
- USA
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, Economics, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 331.880973 — Society, government, & culture Economics Labor economics Labor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputes Labor unions (Trade unions) Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography North America United States
- LCC
- HD8066 .D8 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class By region or country
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