The workingman in American life
Subtitle: selected readings.
By: General editor: Richard C. Wade. Editorial advisor: Howard R. Anderson.
Series: Life in America series; Houghton Mifflin social studies program: history.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Working class -- United States -- History.; Labor unions -- United States -- History.
Description: A collection of readings from primary sources, covering the period from 1576 to the mid-1960's. Topics include: guilds, slavery, the Lowell System, Knights of St. Crispin, Brook Farm, Greenback Party, sweatshops, International Workers of the World, Pullman Strike, the A.F.L., Red Scare, steel strike of 1919, the dustbowl, Social Security Act, labor & blacks, Communists & labor, Taft-Hartley Act, McClellan Report, Automation, white collar workers. Includes b/w photos.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.