The Working-Class Movement in America (Revolutionary Series)
Contributors: Edward Bibbins Aveling (Introduction)
Publisher: Humanity Books
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781573926263
Subjects: Industrial relations; Social classes; Working class; History: American; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; United States; USA; Labor; History; Labor leaders; Labor movement
First sentence: This volume includes three items: first, a penetrating essay by cultural historian Lisa Frank on Eleanor Marx, the daughter of Karl Marx (founder of the scientific-socialist orientation that was later labeled "Marxism"); next, and most important, an account of the American working class by Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling; and third, a stimulating reflection by labor ana- lyst and journalist Kim Moody on the relevance of this century old report for today's labor movement.