num_pages: 272
description: In the only modern study synthesizing nineteenth-century American laborhistory, Bruce Laurie examines the character of working-class factionalism, plebian expectations of government, and relations between the organized few and the unorganized many. Laurie also examines the republican tradition and the movements that drew on it, from the General Trades Unions in the age of Jackson to the Knights of Labor later in the century. 
language: English
title: Artisans into Workers: Labor in Nineteenth-Century America
titlecomplete: Artisans into Workers: Labor in Nineteenth-Century America
genres: 19th Century, History, American History, Labor, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 38
series: American Century Series
publisher: University of Illinois Press