Author: James C. Beeks
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago" by James C. Beeks. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago
Author: James C. Beeks
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago" by James C. Beeks. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago" by James C. Beeks. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The New Volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
To-day
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History
Author: Aaron Brenner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317457064
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
Book Description
Strikes have been part of American labor relations from colonial days to the present, reflecting the widespread class conflict that has run throughout the nation's history. Against employers and their goons, against the police, the National Guard, local, state, and national officials, against racist vigilantes, against their union leaders, and against each other, American workers have walked off the job for higher wages, better benefits, bargaining rights, legislation, job control, and just plain dignity. At times, their actions have motivated groundbreaking legislation, defining new rights for all citizens; at other times they have led to loss of workers' lives. This comprehensive encyclopedia is the first detailed collection of historical research on strikes in America. To provide the analytical tools for understanding strikes, the volume includes two types of essays - those focused on an industry or economic sector, and those focused on a theme. Each industry essay introduces a group of workers and their employers and places them in their economic, political, and community contexts. The essay then describes the industry's various strikes, including the main issues involved and outcomes achieved, and assesses the impact of the strikes on the industry over time. Thematic essays address questions that can only be answered by looking at a variety of strikes across industries, groups of workers, and time, such as, why the number of strikes has declined since the 1970s, or why there was a strike wave in 1946. The contributors include historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, as well as current and past activists from unions and other social movement organizations. Photos, a Topic Finder, a bibliography, and name and subject indexes add to the works appeal.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317457064
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
Book Description
Strikes have been part of American labor relations from colonial days to the present, reflecting the widespread class conflict that has run throughout the nation's history. Against employers and their goons, against the police, the National Guard, local, state, and national officials, against racist vigilantes, against their union leaders, and against each other, American workers have walked off the job for higher wages, better benefits, bargaining rights, legislation, job control, and just plain dignity. At times, their actions have motivated groundbreaking legislation, defining new rights for all citizens; at other times they have led to loss of workers' lives. This comprehensive encyclopedia is the first detailed collection of historical research on strikes in America. To provide the analytical tools for understanding strikes, the volume includes two types of essays - those focused on an industry or economic sector, and those focused on a theme. Each industry essay introduces a group of workers and their employers and places them in their economic, political, and community contexts. The essay then describes the industry's various strikes, including the main issues involved and outcomes achieved, and assesses the impact of the strikes on the industry over time. Thematic essays address questions that can only be answered by looking at a variety of strikes across industries, groups of workers, and time, such as, why the number of strikes has declined since the 1970s, or why there was a strike wave in 1946. The contributors include historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, as well as current and past activists from unions and other social movement organizations. Photos, a Topic Finder, a bibliography, and name and subject indexes add to the works appeal.
Nature's Laboratory
Author: Elizabeth Grennan Browning
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421445212
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"The author argues that Chicago--a city of rapid growth and severe labor unrest as well as a gateway to the West--offers the clearest lens for analyzing the history of the intellectual divide between countryside and city in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. She shows that Chicago served as a kind of urban laboratory where numerous public intellectuals experimented with various strains of environmental thinking"--
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421445212
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"The author argues that Chicago--a city of rapid growth and severe labor unrest as well as a gateway to the West--offers the clearest lens for analyzing the history of the intellectual divide between countryside and city in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. She shows that Chicago served as a kind of urban laboratory where numerous public intellectuals experimented with various strains of environmental thinking"--
Laboring for Freedom
Author: Daniel Jacoby
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317466543
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This text examines the concept of freedom in the context of American labour history. Nine essays develop themes in this history which show that liberty of contract and inalienable rights form two contradictory traditions concerning freedom.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317466543
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This text examines the concept of freedom in the context of American labour history. Nine essays develop themes in this history which show that liberty of contract and inalienable rights form two contradictory traditions concerning freedom.
The Fall of the House of Labor
Author: David Montgomery
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139935615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This book studies the changing ways in which American industrial workers mobilised concerted action in their own interests between the abolition of slavery and the end of open immigration from Europe and Asia. Sustained class conflict between 1916 and 1922 reshaped governmental and business policies, but left labour largely unorganised and in retreat. The House of Labor, so arduously erected by working-class activists during the preceeding generation, did not collapse, but ossified, so that when labour activism was reinvigorated after 1933, the movement split in two. These developments are analysed here in ways which stress the links between migration, neighbourhood life, racial subjugation, business reform, the state, and the daily experience of work itself.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139935615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This book studies the changing ways in which American industrial workers mobilised concerted action in their own interests between the abolition of slavery and the end of open immigration from Europe and Asia. Sustained class conflict between 1916 and 1922 reshaped governmental and business policies, but left labour largely unorganised and in retreat. The House of Labor, so arduously erected by working-class activists during the preceeding generation, did not collapse, but ossified, so that when labour activism was reinvigorated after 1933, the movement split in two. These developments are analysed here in ways which stress the links between migration, neighbourhood life, racial subjugation, business reform, the state, and the daily experience of work itself.
The Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Fraud Casebook, Volume II
Author: Jason Scharfman
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031608364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031608364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The $30,000 Bequest
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Harper and Brothers
ISBN:
Category : Humorous stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher: Harper and Brothers
ISBN:
Category : Humorous stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.]: The $30,000 bequest and other stories
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description