num_pages: 272
description: Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor—the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century— Workingmen's Democracy  explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions.Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions
language: English
title: Workingmen's Democracy: The Knights of Labor and American Politics
publisher: University of Illinois Press