Culture of Misfortune
Subtitle: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States (Cornell Studies in Industrial and Labor Relations)
Publisher: ILR Press
Published: May 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780801438530
Subjects: Trade unions; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Textile And Clothing Industries (Economic Aspects); History; United States - General; History: American; USA; Labor & Industrial Relations - Unions; Labor; Labor Unions; Textile workers; United States
First sentence: In the history of labor organization in the United States before 1937, a number of periods are notable for the uncommon vitality and resolve evident in workers' efforts to establish an authority equal to that of employers in deciding the terms and conditions of their employment.