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The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age
Rosanne Currarino
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Paperback. A nuanced assessment of citizenship and labor in the Progressive Era Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; HBTK; JFSC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
In The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age, Rosanne Currarino traces the struggle to define the nature of democratic life in an era of industrial strife. As Americans confronted the glaring disparity between democracy's promises of independence and prosperity and the grim realities of economic want and wage labor, they asked, "What should constitute full participation in American society? What standard of living should citizens expect and demand?" Currarino traces the diverse efforts to answer to these questions, from the fledgling trade union movement to contests over immigration, from economic theory to popular literature, from legal ... Read more
In The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age, Rosanne Currarino traces the struggle to define the nature of democratic life in an era of industrial strife. As Americans confronted the glaring disparity between democracy's promises of independence and prosperity and the grim realities of economic want and wage labor, they asked, "What should constitute full participation in American society? What standard of living should citizens expect and demand?" Currarino traces the diverse efforts to answer to these questions, from the fledgling trade union movement to contests over immigration, from economic theory to popular literature, from legal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077869
SKU
V9780252077869
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About Rosanne Currarino
Rosanne Currarino is an associate professor of history at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Reviews for The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age
"This is an important work, one of the most important recent books, not only in labor history, but in social theory. Filled with insights and surprising twists, it repays a careful reading and rereading. It is a model study; I have added it to my graduate reading lists and urge everyone to do the same."
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