American Labor: A Documentary Collection
This single-volume comprehensive compilation of documents integrates institutional labour history (movements and trade unions) with aspects of social and cultural history, as well as charting changes in trade union and managerial practices, and integratin
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American Labor: A Documentary Collection Edited by
Melvyn Dubofsky and Joseph McCartin
AMERICAN LABOR: A DOCUMENTARY COLLECTION
© Melvyn Dubofsky and Joseph McCartin 2004 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2004 978-0-312-29565-3 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2004 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-0-312-29564-6 ISBN 978-1-137-04497-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-04497-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data American labor : a documentary collection / edited by Melvyn Dubofsky and Joseph McCartin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Labor—United States—History—Sources. 2. Work ethic—United States— History— Sources. 3. Labor movement—United States— History—Sources. 4. Labor unions—United States— History—Sources. I. Dubofsky, Melvyn, 1934– II. McCartin, Joseph Anthony. HD8066.A728 2004 331’.0973—dc22 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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C o n t e n t s Acknowledgments Introduction
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1. Labor in the Colonial and Early National Periods, to 1828 New World Encounters Indenture Slavery Women and Work Work, Welfare, and Community Values Artisan Labor Workers’ Grievances and Early Union Organization Debates
7 11 15 18 25 29 32 34
2. The Rise of Free Labor, the Factory System, and Trades Organization, 1828–1877 The Artisan’s World The World of Slave Labor Early Factory Labor Women’s Work: Servants and Millgirls Immigrants Organizing Trade Unions A Broader Reform Agenda From Slavery to Freedom Postwar Hopes for the Emancipation of Free Labor
43 47 51 53 60 64 67 75 80 84
3. Workers in a Maturing and Industrial Society, 1877–1914 Immigrants to Industrial Society Working Women and Children Immigrants, Tenements, and Sweated Labor Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Black Workers and Unions Radical Alternatives
89 95 104 110 115 119 129 134
4. Wars, Depression, and the Struggle for Industrial Democracy, 1914–1947 Workers in the Era of the Great War Post-War Backlash
139 143 149
C ontents
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Workers and Unions in the 1920s Immigrants from Mexico The Great Migration Depression Industrial Union Upsurge World War II
154 167 174 176 187 194
5. The Era of the Postwar Social Contract, 1947–1973 Labor’s Cold War Embourgeoisement in the 1950s? AFL-CIO Working Women Race and Civil Ri
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