Artisans Into Workers: Labor in Nineteenth-Century America

By Bruce Laurie

Book Overview

In the only modern study synthesizing nineteenth-century American labor
history, Bruce Laurie examines the character of working-class factionalism, plebian expectations of government, and relations between the organized few and the unorganized many. Laurie also examines the republican tradition and the movements that drew on it, from the General Trades Unions in the age of Jackson to the Knights of Labor later in the century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025206660X
• ISBN13: 9780252066603
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

This book provides an excellent single-volume overview of nineteenth-century American labor history. It's well-written and well-researched. I highly recommend it.