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Informationen zum Autor DANIEL NELSON is Professor of History at the University of Akron. He is the author of American Rubber Workers and Organized Labor, 1900?41 and Managers and Workers: Origins of the New Factory System in the United States, 1880?20. Klappentext Farm and Factory illuminates the importance of the Midwest in U.S. labor history. America's heartland - often overlooked in studies focusing on other regions, or particular cities or industries - has a distinctive labor history characterized by the sustained, simultaneous growth of both agriculture and industry. Since the transfer of labor from farm to factory did not occur in the Midwest until after World War II, industrialists recruited workers elsewhere, especially from Europe and the American South. The region's relatively underdeveloped service sector - shaped by the presumption that goods were more desirable than service - ultimately led to agonizing problems of adjustment as agriculture and industry evolved in the late twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The Midwest - often overlooked in studies focusing on other regions, or particular cities or industries - has a distinctive labor history characterized by the sustained, simultaneous growth of both agriculture and industry. This book illuminates the importance of the Midwest in United States labor history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I: Midwestern Workers at the End of the Nineteenth Century 1. Midwestern Farmers, 1880?00 2. Industrial Workers, 1880?00 3. White Collar Workers, 1880?00 Part II: Workers in a New Economy, 1900?30 4. Revolutions in Production and Work, 1900?30 5. Urban Workers in a Revolutionary Era, 1900?30 Part III: Government and Labor in the Midwest, 1930? 6. A New Deal for Midwestern Workers, 1930?39 7. Change and Continuity, 1939?53 Part IV: Decline and Rebirth of the Midwest 8. End of an Era, 1953?83 9. Afterword: Work and Workers in the 1980's Notes Index ...
