Labor Leaders in America (The Working Class in American History) - Softcover

Dubofsky, Melvyn; Tine, Warren R.Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252013433 ISBN 13: 9780252013430

Verlag: University of Illinois Press, 1987

Inhaltsangabe

Here are the life stories of the men and women who led the labor movement in America from Reconstruction to recent times, from William H. Sylvis, the first major labor leader, to Cesar Chavez, who organized California's farm workers in the 1960s. In each profile, a leading authority provides a profile of the figure's life and work. Taken together, these short biographies provide a broad overview of the American labor movement that will appeal to students, interested readers, and specialists. Profiles include: William H. Sylvis, Terence V. Powderly, Samuel Gompers, Eugene V. Debs, William D. "Big Bill" Haywood, William Green, Rose Schneiderman, John L. Lewis, Sidney Hillman, Philip Murray, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Jimmy Hoffa, George Meany, and Cesar Chavez

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Melvyn Dubofsky is Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton. His books include We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW. Warren Van Tine is an emeritus professor of history at The Ohio State University and author of The Making of the Labor Bureaucrat. Dubofsky and Van Tine are also coauthors of John L. Lewis: A Biography.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0252013433
• ISBN 13: 9780252013430
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
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