Labor Histories - Class, Politics, and the Working-Class Experience

Is class outmoded as a basis for understanding labor history? This significant new collection emphatically says "No!" Touching on such subjects as migrant labor, religion, ethnicity, agricultural history, and gender, these thirteen essays by former students of David Montgomery -- a preeminent leader in labor circles as well as in academia -- demonstrate the sheer diversity of the field today.

Summary

Is class outmoded as a basis for understanding labor history? This significant new collection emphatically says "No!" Touching on such subjects as migrant labor, religion, ethnicity, agricultural history, and gender, these thirteen essays by former students of David Montgomery--a preeminent leader in labor circles as well as in academia--demonstrate the sheer diversity of the field today.

Product details

• Assisted by: Eric Arnesen (Editor), Julie Greene (Editor), Bruce Laurie (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1998
• EAN: 9780252067105
• ISBN: 978-0-252-06710-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 626 g
• Series: Working Class in American History; Working Class in American Hist; Working Class in American History; Working Class in American Hist
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research