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A Union Against Unions: The Minneapolis Citizens Alliance and Its Fight Against Organized Labor, 1903-1947 A Union Against Unions: The Minneapolis Citizens Alliance and Its Fight Against Organized Labor, 1903-1947
by William Millikan
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A groundbreaking labor study, this book offers a detailed portrait of the Citizens Alliance (CA), a union of Minneapolis business owners, which employed any means necessary to squelch the power of organized labor. The association blacklisted union... (read more)
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Kids At Work : Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor (94 Edition) Kids At Work : Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor (94 Edition)
by Russell Freedman
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Photobiography of early twentieth-century photographer and schoolteacher Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines's photographs of children at work were so devastating that they convinced the American people that Congress must pass child... (read more)
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Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945 (01 Edition) Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945 (01 Edition)
by Beth Tompkins Bates
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Between World War I and World War II, African Americans' quest for civil rights took on a more aggressive character as a new group of black activists challenged the politics of civility traditionally embraced by old-guard leaders in favor of a more... (read more)
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The CyberUnion Handbook: Transforming Labor Through Computer Technology (Issues in Work and Human Resources) The CyberUnion Handbook: Transforming Labor Through Computer Technology (Issues in Work and Human Resources)
by Arthur B. Shostak
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-335) and index.... (read more)
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Latinos in American Society & Culture #1: Proletarians of the North Latinos in American Society & Culture #1: Proletarians of the North
by Zaragosa Vargas
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Between the end of World War I and the Great Depression, over 58,000 Mexicans journeyed to the Midwest in search of employment. Many found work in agriculture, but thousands more joined the growing ranks of the industrial proletariat. Throughout the... (read more)
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Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene
by Adolph L Reed
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Hailed by Publishers Weekly for its "forceful" and "bracing opinions on race and politics", Class Notes is critic Adolph Reed, Jr.'s latest blast of clear thinking on matters of race, class, and other American dilemmas. The book begins with a... (read more)
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Meatpackers: An Oral History of Black Packinghouse Workers and Their Struggle for Racial and Economic Equality Meatpackers: An Oral History of Black Packinghouse Workers and Their Struggle for Racial and Economic Equality
by Rick Halpern
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"Here is a piece of history not found in conventional textbooks. If ever there were a book our young needed, it is Meatpackers-it reveals an epoch in which trade unions fought and won whatever rights working people possess today. With these rights... (read more)
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