St. James encyclopedia of labor history worldwide
Subtitle: major events in labor history and their impact
By: with introductions by Willie Thompson and Daniel Nelson ; Neil Schlager, editor ; produced by Schlager Group
Contributors: Schlager, Neil, 1966-
Publisher: St. James Press/Thomson Gale
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Subjects: Labor movement -- History -- Encyclopedias; Labor unions -- History -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias
Description: Confidential fact sheet describing the book: the 'St. James encyclopedia of labor history worldwide' is designed to fill the gap that exists for a scholarly, encyclopedic treatment of the labor movement. This 2-volume set offers in-depth coverage and analysis of more than 300 key events in labor history over the last two hundred years. With articles written by scholars in the field of labor history this work focuses on the relationship of these events to the labor movement as a whole and to societal change and development worldwide. This encyclopedia will be extremely useful to college students in history, political science, and American studies courses, as well as high school students researching history and interested public library patrons
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-M; title: v. 2. N-Z