A Broad and Ennobling Spirit: Workers and Their Unions in Late Gilded Age New York and Brooklyn, 1886-1898

by Ronald Mendel

With the introduction of new production methods and technological innovation, tradesmen and workers encountered new challenges. This study examines the development of trade unions as a manifestation of working class experience in late Gilded Age America. It underscores both the distinctive and the common features of trade unionism across four occupations: building tradesmen, cigar makers, garment workers, and printers. While reactions differed,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313321345
• ISBN13: 9780313321344
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.5"