The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865–1925

Montgomery, David

ISBN 10: 0521225795 / ISBN 13: 9780521225793

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865?1925
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521225795
• ISBN 13: 9780521225793
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 6W x 9H x 1D inches 6 inches width by 9 inches height by 1 inches depth
• Weight: 28.219 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Labor Studies

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Synopsis

By studying the ways in which American industrial workers mobilized concerted action in their own interest, the author focuses on the workplace itself, examining the codes of conduct developed by different types of workers and the connections between their activity at work and their national origins and neighborhood life. David Montgomery, Farnam Professor of History at Yale University since 1979, is the author of Worker's Control in America (CUP, 1979) and is co-editor of the journal International Labor and Working Class History.

From the Back Cover

'This book offers the most sweeping portrait of working-class life yet to emerge from the new labor history. It is a subtle, complex, often brilliant study, which demonstrates how far labor scholarship has moved in a generation.' --Alan Brinkley, New Republic