A History of Trade Unionism in the United States
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- A HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM IN THE UNITED STATES
- SELIG PERLMAN, PH.D.
- New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1922
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- PART I THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
- HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM IN THE U.S.
- CHAPTER 1 LABOR MOVEMENTS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
- CHAPTER 2 THE "GREENBACK" PERIOD, 1862-1879
- CHAPTER 3 THE BEGINNING OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR AND OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
- CHAPTER 4 REVIVAL AND UPHEAVAL, 1879-1887
- CHAPTER 5 THE VICTORY OF CRAFT UNIONISM AND THE FINAL FAILURE OF PRODUCERS' COOPERATION
- CHAPTER 6 STABILIZATION, 1888-1897
- CHAPTER 7 TRADE UNIONISM AND THE COURTS
- PART II THE LARGER CAREER OF UNIONISM
- CHAPTER 8 PARTIAL RECOGNITION AND NEW DIFFICULTIES, 1898-1914
- CHAPTER 9 RADICAL UNIONISM AND A "COUNTER-REFORMATION"
- CHAPTER 10 THE WAR-TIME BALANCE SHEET
- CHAPTER 11 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- PART III CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES
- CHAPTER 12 AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION
- CHAPTER 13 THE IDEALISTIC FACTOR
- CHAPTER 14 WHY THERE IS NOT AN AMERICAN LABOR PARTY
- CHAPTER 15 THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND TRADE UNIONISM
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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