Labor union theories in America : background and development / Mark Perlman

Perlman, Mark (1923-2006) [author]

Published by Evanston, IL : Row, Peterson, 1958

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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth and paper-wrapped boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 313 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The awakening -- Early union theory in the universities. The approach through conscious morality ; The administrative and structural approach ; The social history approach ; Two psychological approaches -- Unionism as a moral institution. The Christian socialism of Richard Ely ; The economic democracy of John Ryan -- Unionism as a revolutionary institution. The background of Marxism in America ; The left wing: four IWW extremists ; The right wing: two socialist views ; Norman Ware: hindsight with a purpose -- Unionism as a psychological reaction. Veblen?s ideas and influence ; Carleton Parker : individual psychology ; Robert Hoxie: mass psychology ; Frank Tannenbaum: Veblenism redirected -- Unionism as a welfare institution. The influence of the economic science -- Unionism as part of the democratic process. Henry Adams: the early vision ; John Commons: theorist as a policy maker ; Selig Perlman: social history and theory -- Assaying the five theories. Synthesizing the theories ; Comparing the theories ; A general theory? ; The great depression and thereafter ; Toward a reasonable eclecticism -- Appendix. Four congressional investigations. The Hewitt hearings, 1878-79 ; The Blair hearings, 1883-86 ; The U.S. Industrial Commission, 1868-1901 ; The U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, 1912-15. Subjects; Labor unions United States. Syndicalism United States. Syndicalism. Labor unions. United States. USA. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Labor union theories in America : background and development / Mark Perlman
• Publisher: Evanston, IL : Row, Peterson
• Publication Date: 1958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.