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A Short History of the U.S. Working Class: From Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century (Revolutionary Studies)

A Short History of the U.S. Working Class: From Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century (Revolutionary Studies)

Le Blanc, Paul

Paperback

General United States HistoryPoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 1608466256
ISBN13: 9781608466252
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: Apr 19 2016
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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.

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