Workingmen's Democracy: The Knights of Labor and American Politics
by Leon Fink
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"Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor--- the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century--- Workingmen's Democracy explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions."--Back cover.Tags
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Leon Fink is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and editor of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.
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- Workingmen's Democracy: The Knights of Labor and American Politics
- Original publication date
- 1983
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, General Nonfiction, Business
- DDC/MDS
- 322.2 — Society, government, & culture Political science Relation of the state to organized groups and their members Labor movements and groups
- LCC
- HD8055 .K7 .F56 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class By region or country
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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