Shifting Fortunes - The Rise and Decline of American Labor, from the 1820s to the Present

A concise, original, and illuminating interpretation of the rise and decline of American labor from the 1820s to the present, focusing on the role of the autonomous worker, the threat of employer reprisals, and the influence of external forces. Lively, coherent, and eminently readable...an excellent overview. Choice. Selected by Choice as an outstanding book for 1998. American Ways Series.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Union Growth in Perspective
Chapter 2: Miners and Organized Labor
Chapter 3: Urban Workers and Organized Labor
Chapter 4: New Environments, New Challenges, 1897-1930
Chapter 5: The Labor Movement at High Tide, 1930-1953
Chapter 6: The Decline of American Labor

About the author

Daniel Nelson teaches American history at the University of Akron. He has also written Managers and Workers, Farm and Factory, and Frederick W. Taylor and the Rise of Scientific Management.

Summary

In this illuminating survey of American labor from the 1820s to the present, Daniel Nelson looks for the reasons why union activity has ebbed and flowed since the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Rather than simply summarizing other people's books, Mr. Nelson offers an original and provocative view of the union experience in America.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Nelson
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781566631808
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-180-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 211 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 181 g
• Series: American Ways Series; American Ways; American Ways
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries