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ISBN
9780252012563
Publisert
1985-07-01
Utgiver
University of Illinois Press
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399 gr
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229 mm
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152 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272
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Biografisk notat
Leon Fink is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His books include The Long Gilded Age: American Capitalism and the Lessons of a New World Order and Workers in Hard Times: A Long View of Economic Crises.
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Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions— John H. Dunning Prize<br /> Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions— Albert J. Beveridge Award<br />
Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor—the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century—Workingmen's Democracy explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions.
Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions
Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions
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Preface xi
1 Working-Class Radicalism in the Gilded Age: Defining a Political Culture 3
2 The Uses of Political Power: The Knights of Labor and the State 18
3 When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part 1: Rochester, New Hampshire 38
4 When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part 2: Rutland, Vermont 66
5 City-Building and Social Reform: Urban Workers within the Two-Party System, Kansas City, Kansas 112
6 Together but Unequal: Southern Knights and the Dilemmas of Race and Politics, Richmond, Virginia 149
7 Bullets and Ballots: Worker Mobilization and the Path to Municipal Socialism, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 178
8 Labor, Party Politics, and American Exceptionalism 219
Selected Bibliography: Primary Sources 234
Index 239
1 Working-Class Radicalism in the Gilded Age: Defining a Political Culture 3
2 The Uses of Political Power: The Knights of Labor and the State 18
3 When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part 1: Rochester, New Hampshire 38
4 When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part 2: Rutland, Vermont 66
5 City-Building and Social Reform: Urban Workers within the Two-Party System, Kansas City, Kansas 112
6 Together but Unequal: Southern Knights and the Dilemmas of Race and Politics, Richmond, Virginia 149
7 Bullets and Ballots: Worker Mobilization and the Path to Municipal Socialism, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 178
8 Labor, Party Politics, and American Exceptionalism 219
Selected Bibliography: Primary Sources 234
Index 239
Les mer
Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions— John H. Dunning Prize<br /> Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions— Albert J. Beveridge Award<br />
Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor—the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century—Workingmen's Democracy explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions.
Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions
Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions
Les mer
Preface xi
1 Working-Class Radicalism in the Gilded Age: Defining a Political Culture 3
2 The Uses of Political Power: The Knights of Labor and the State 18
3 When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part 1: Rochester, New Hampshire 38
4 When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part 2: Rutland, Vermont 66
5 City-Building and Social Reform: Urban Workers within the Two-Party System, Kansas City, Kansas 112
6 Together but Unequal: Southern Knights and the Dilemmas of Race and Politics, Richmond, Virginia 149
7 Bullets and Ballots: Worker Mobilization and the Path to Municipal Socialism, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 178
8 Labor, Party Politics, and American Exceptionalism 219
Selected Bibliography: Primary Sources 234
Index 239
1 Working-Class Radicalism in the Gilded Age: Defining a Political Culture 3
2 The Uses of Political Power: The Knights of Labor and the State 18
3 When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part 1: Rochester, New Hampshire 38
4 When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part 2: Rutland, Vermont 66
5 City-Building and Social Reform: Urban Workers within the Two-Party System, Kansas City, Kansas 112
6 Together but Unequal: Southern Knights and the Dilemmas of Race and Politics, Richmond, Virginia 149
7 Bullets and Ballots: Worker Mobilization and the Path to Municipal Socialism, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 178
8 Labor, Party Politics, and American Exceptionalism 219
Selected Bibliography: Primary Sources 234
Index 239
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780252012563
Publisert
1985-07-01
Utgiver
University of Illinois Press
Vekt
399 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272
Forfatter