Ebook: A Short History of the U.S. Working Class: From Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century
Author: Paul Le Blanc
- Tags: Labor & Industrial Relations, Economics, Business & Money, United States, African Americans, Civil War, Colonial Period, Immigrants, Revolution & Founding, State & Local, Americas, History, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Archaeology, Essays, Historical Geography, Historical Maps, Historiography, Reference, Study & Teaching, History, Class, Sociology, Politics & Social Sciences, Labor & Industrial Relations, Specific Topics, Politics & Government, Politics & Social Sciences
- Series: Revolutionary Studies
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Haymarket Books
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- epub
Noting that standard accounts of U.S. history often pay little attention to the working class, labor historian Paul Le Blanc presents a colorful, fact-filled history that concentrates on the struggles and achievements of that often-neglected laboring majority. Employing a blend of economic, social, and political history, Le Blanc shows how important labor issues have been and continue to be in the forging of our nation’s history. Within a broad analytical framework he highlights issues of class, gender, race, and ethnicity, and includes the views of key figures of U.S. labor, including Cesar Chavez, Eugene V. Debs, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Samuel Gompers, Woody Guthrie, Big Bill” Haywood, Langston Hughes, Mary Mother” Jones, Martin Luther King Jr., George Meany, A. Philip Randolph, and Carl Sandburg.
In addition to the main narrative, a bibliographical essay directs readers to classic works and cutting-edge scholarship in the field of U.S. labor history as well as to relevant ¬fiction, poetry, and ¬films for further exploration or study. The book’s substantial glossary offers clear definitions and thought-provoking mini-essays for almost two hundred terms, from the most basic to the most complex and technical.
In addition to the main narrative, a bibliographical essay directs readers to classic works and cutting-edge scholarship in the field of U.S. labor history as well as to relevant ¬fiction, poetry, and ¬films for further exploration or study. The book’s substantial glossary offers clear definitions and thought-provoking mini-essays for almost two hundred terms, from the most basic to the most complex and technical.
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