Workers In Industrial America

Author : David Brody
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780195045048
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Workers in Industrial America written by David Brody and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1993 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This famous book, representing some of the finest thinking and writing about the history of American labor in the twentieth century, is now revised to incorporate two important recent essays, one surveying the historical study of the CIO from its founding to its fiftieth anniversary in 1985, another placing in historical and comparative perspective the declining fortunes of the labor movement from 1980 to the present. As always, Brody confronts central questions, both substantive and historiographical, focusing primarily on the efforts of laboring people to assert some control over their working lives, and on the equal determination of American business to conserve the prerogatives of management. Long a classic in the field of American labor history, valued by general readers and specialists alike for its brilliance of argument and clarity of style, Workers in Industrial America is now more timely than ever.

Author : David Brody
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Workers in Industrial America written by David Brody and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This famous book, representing some of the finest thinking and writing about the history of American labor in the twentieth century, is now revised to incorporate two important recent essays, one surveying the historical study of the CIO from its founding to its fiftieth anniversary in 1985, another placing in historical and comparative perspective the declining fortunes of the labor movement from 1980 to the present. As always, Brody confronts central questions, both substantive and historiographical, focusing primarily on the efforts of laboring people to assert some control overtheir working lives, and on the equal determination of American business to conserve the prerogatives of management. Long a classic in the field of American labor history, valued by general readers and specialists alike for its brilliance of argument and clarity of style, Workers in IndustrialAmerica is now more timely than ever.

Author : Daniel T. Rodgers
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022613637X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Work Ethic in Industrial America 1850-1920 written by Daniel T. Rodgers and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the rise of machines changed the way we think about work—and about success. The phrase “a strong work ethic” conjures images of hard-driving employees working diligently for long hours. But where did this ideal come from, and how has it been buffeted by changes in work itself? While seemingly rooted in America’s Puritan heritage, perceptions of work ethic have actually undergone multiple transformations over the centuries. And few eras saw a more radical shift than the American industrial age. Daniel T. Rodgers masterfully explores the ways in which the eclipse of small-scale workshops by mechanized production and mass consumption triggered far-reaching shifts in perceptions of labor, leisure, and personal success. He also shows how the new work culture permeated society, including literature, politics, the emerging feminist movement, and the labor movement. A staple of courses in the history of American labor and industrial society, Rodgers’s sharp analysis is as relevant as ever as twenty-first-century workers face another shift brought about by technology. The Work Ethic in Industrial America 1850–1920 is a classic with critical relevance in today’s volatile economic times.

Author : David Brody
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Workers in Industrial America written by David Brody and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This famous book, representing some of the finest thinking and writing about the history of American labor in the twentieth century, is now revised to incorporate two important recent essays, one surveying the historical study of the CIO from its founding to its fiftieth anniversary in 1985, another placing in historical and comparative perspective the declining fortunes of the labor movement from 1980 to the present. As always, Brody confronts central questions, both substantive and historiographical, focusing primarily on the efforts of laboring people to assert some control overtheir working lives, and on the equal determination of American business to conserve the prerogatives of management. Long a classic in the field of American labor history, valued by general readers and specialists alike for its brilliance of argument and clarity of style, Workers in IndustrialAmerica is now more timely than ever.

Author : Ann Norton GREENE
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674037901
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horses at Work written by Ann Norton GREENE and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greene argues for recognition of horses’ critical contribution to the history of American energy and the rise of American industrial power, and a new understanding of the reasons for their replacement as prime movers.

Author : Foster Rhea Dulles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labor in America written by Foster Rhea Dulles and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Norman Pollack
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674690516
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Populist Response to Industrial America written by Norman Pollack and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1962 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume argues that Midwestern Populists were radical reformers who responded to industrialization in a progressive manner. The author's study is a response to previous Populist histories that portrayed the movement as being opposed to industrialization. In presenting his case, the author relied on a number of primary sources, including manuscript collections of those involved in multiple levels of the movement and Populist newspapers. The author argues that Populists wanted to redefine the relationship between man and industrialization so that the masses, and not the select elite, could benefit. Populists viewed industrialization as neutral, and that it only became a negative influence when capitalists exploited the technology at the cost of human dignity.

Author : Melvyn Dubofsky
Publisher : Arlington Heights, Ill. : H. Davidson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrialism and the American Worker, 1865-1920 written by Melvyn Dubofsky and published by Arlington Heights, Ill. : H. Davidson. This book was released on 1985 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Brody
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Workers in Industrial America [sound Recording] : Essays on the Twentieth Century Struggle written by David Brody and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Norman Ware
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Industrial Worker, 1840-1860 written by Norman Ware and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: