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A Day in the Life of an American Worker [2 volumes]

Author : Nancy Quam-Wickham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440845018
Total Pages : 833 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book A Day in the Life of an American Worker [2 volumes] written by Nancy Quam-Wickham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to the history of work in America illuminates the many important roles that men and women of all backgrounds have played in the formation of the United States. A Day in the Life of an American Worker: 200 Trades and Professions through History allows readers to imagine the daily lives of ordinary workers, from the beginnings of colonial America to the present. It presents the stories of millions of Americans—from the enslaved field hands in antebellum America to the astronauts of the modern "space age"—as they contributed to the formation of the modern and culturally diverse United States. Readers will learn about individual occupations and discover the untold histories of those women and men who too often have remained anonymous to historians but whose stories are just as important as those of leaders whose lives we study in our classrooms. This book provides specific details to enable comprehensive understanding of the benefits and downsides of each trade and profession discussed. Selected accompanying documents further bring history to life by offering vivid testimonies from people who actually worked in these occupations or interacted with those in that field.

A Day in the Life of an American Worker

Author : Nancy Quam-Wickham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781440845024
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book A Day in the Life of an American Worker written by Nancy Quam-Wickham and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This introduction to the history of work in America illuminates the many important roles that men and women of all backgrounds have played in the formation of the United States"--

The Once and Future Worker

Author : Oren Cass
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1641770155
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book The Once and Future Worker written by Oren Cass and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Cass’s] core principle—a culture of respect for work of all kinds—can help close the gap dividing the two Americas....” – William A. Galston, The Brookings Institution The American worker is in crisis. Wages have stagnated for more than a generation. Reliance on welfare programs has surged. Life expectancy is falling as substance abuse and obesity rates climb. These woes are not the inevitable result of irresistible global and technological forces. They are the direct consequence of a decades-long economic consensus that prioritized increasing consumption—regardless of the costs to American workers, their families, and their communities. Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency focused attention on the depth of the nation’s challenges, yet while everyone agrees something must change, the Left’s insistence on still more government spending and the Right’s faith in still more economic growth are recipes for repeating the mistakes of the past. In this groundbreaking re-evaluation of American society, economics, and public policy, Oren Cass challenges our basic assumptions about what prosperity means and where it comes from to reveal how we lost our way. The good news is that we can still turn things around—if the nation’s proverbial elites are willing to put the American worker’s interests first. Which is more important, pristine air quality, or well-paying jobs that support families? Unfettered access to the cheapest labor in the world, or renewed investment in the employment of Americans? Smoothing the path through college for the best students, or ensuring that every student acquires the skills to succeed in the modern economy? Cutting taxes, expanding the safety net, or adding money to low-wage paychecks? The renewal of work in America demands new answers to these questions. If we reinforce their vital role, workers supporting strong families and communities can provide the foundation for a thriving, self-sufficient society that offers opportunity to all.

Working

Author : Studs Terkel
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595587667
Total Pages : 867 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Working written by Studs Terkel and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.” —The Boston Globe A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller Studs Terkel’s classic oral history Working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, this book provides a “brilliant” and enduring portrait of people’s feelings about their working lives. This edition includes a new foreword by New York Times journalist Adam Cohen (Forbes). “Splendid . . . Important . . . Rich and fascinating . . . The people we meet are not digits in a poll but real people with real names who share their anecdotes, adventures, and aspirations with us.” —Business Week “The talk in Working is good talk—earthy, passionate, honest, sometimes tender, sometimes crisp, juicy as reality, seasoned with experience.” —The Washington Post

The Lean Years

Author : Irving Bernstein
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608460630
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Lean Years written by Irving Bernstein and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, comprehensive study of the American workforce, from the roaring twenties through the Great Depression.

She Was One of Us

Author : Brigid O'Farrell
Publisher : ILR Press
ISBN 13 : 0801462460
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book She Was One of Us written by Brigid O'Farrell and published by ILR Press. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild. She Was One of Us tells for the first time the story of her deep and lasting ties to the American labor movement. Brigid O'Farrell follows Roosevelt—one of the most admired and, in her time, controversial women in the world—from the tenements of New York City to the White House, from local union halls to the convention floor of the AFL-CIO, from coal mines to political rallies to the United Nations. Roosevelt worked with activists around the world to develop a shared vision of labor rights as human rights, which are central to democracy. In her view, everyone had the right to a decent job, fair working conditions, a living wage, and a voice at work. She Was One of Us provides a fresh and compelling account of her activities on behalf of workers, her guiding principles, her circle of friends—including Rose Schneiderman of the Women's Trade Union League and the garment unions and Walter Reuther, "the most dangerous man in Detroit"—and her adversaries, such as the influential journalist Westbrook Pegler, who attacked her as a dilettante and her labor allies as "thugs and extortioners." As O'Farrell makes clear, Roosevelt was not afraid to take on opponents of workers' rights or to criticize labor leaders if they abused their power; she never wavered in her support for the rank and file. Today, union membership has declined to levels not seen since the Great Depression, and the silencing of American workers has contributed to rising inequality. In She Was One of Us, Eleanor Roosevelt's voice can once again be heard by those still working for social justice and human rights.

American Made

Author : Farah Stockman
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1984801155
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book American Made written by Farah Stockman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when Americans lose their jobs? In American Made, an illuminating story of ruin and reinvention, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman gives an up-close look at the profound role work plays in our sense of identity and belonging, as she follows three workers whose lives unravel when the factory they have dedicated so much to closes down. “With humor, breathtaking honesty, and a historian’s satellite view, American Made illuminates the fault lines ripping America apart.”—Beth Macy, author of Factory Man and Dopesick Shannon, Wally, and John built their lives around their place of work. Shannon, a white single mother, became the first woman to run the dangerous furnaces at the Rexnord manufacturing plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was proud of producing one of the world’s top brands of steel bearings. Wally, a black man known for his initiative and kindness, was promoted to chairman of efficiency, one of the most coveted posts on the factory floor, and dreamed of starting his own barbecue business one day. John, a white machine operator, came from a multigenerational union family and clashed with a work environment that was increasingly hostile to organized labor. The Rexnord factory had served as one of the economic engines for the surrounding community. When it closed, hundreds of people lost their jobs. What had life been like for Shannon, Wally, and John, before the plant shut down? And what became of them after the jobs moved to Mexico and Texas? American Made is the story of a community struggling to reinvent itself. It is also a story about race, class, and American values, and how jobs serve as a bedrock of people’s lives and drive powerful social justice movements. This revealing book shines a light on a crucial political moment, when joblessness and anxiety about the future of work have made themselves heard at a national level. Most of all, American Made is a story about people: who we consider to be one of us and how the dignity of work lies at the heart of who we are.

The American Worker

Author : Paul Romano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780935590012
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The American Worker written by Paul Romano and published by . This book was released on 1972-12 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Industrialism and the American Worker, 1865-1920

Author : Melvyn Dubofsky
Publisher : Arlington Heights, Ill. : H. Davidson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Industrialism and the American Worker, 1865-1920 by : Melvyn Dubofsky

Download or read book Industrialism and the American Worker, 1865-1920 written by Melvyn Dubofsky and published by Arlington Heights, Ill. : H. Davidson. This book was released on 1985 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Turbulent Years

Author : Irving Bernstein
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608460649
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Turbulent Years written by Irving Bernstein and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era of American labor's greatest struggles, vividly reconstructed by one of labor history's greatest historians.

Family Life To-day

Author : Margaret Elden Rich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Family Life To-day written by Margaret Elden Rich and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the American Worker

Author : United States. Department of Labor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book History of the American Worker written by United States. Department of Labor and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Labor Legislation Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The American Labor Legislation Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings and papers of the American Association for Labor Legislation previously published in the two series: Proceedings and legislative review.

Official Year Book

Author : Iowa State Federation of Labor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Official Year Book written by Iowa State Federation of Labor and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Subduction

Author : Kristen Millares Young
Publisher : Red Hen Press
ISBN 13 : 1597098949
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Subduction written by Kristen Millares Young and published by Red Hen Press. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Utterly unique . . . examines themes of love, intrusion, loss, community and trust against a backdrop of a Makah reservation in the Pacific Northwest.” —Ms. Magazine Selected as a Staff Pick by The Paris Review Silver Medal winner in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in Multicultural Fiction Fleeing the shattered remains of her marriage and treachery by her sister, a Latina anthropologist named Claudia takes refuge in Neah Bay, a Native whaling village on the jagged Pacific coast. Claudia yearns to lose herself to the songs of the tribe and the secrets of a spirited hoarder named Maggie. Instead, she stumbles into Maggie’s prodigal son Peter, who, spurred by his mother’s failing memory, has returned seeking answers to his father’s murder. Claudia helps Peter’s family convey a legacy delayed for decades by that death, but her presence, echoing centuries of fraught contact with indigenous peoples, brings lasting change and real damage. Through the ardent collision of Peter and Claudia, Subduction portrays not only their strange allegiance after grievous losses but also their shared hope of finding solace and community on the Makah Indian Reservation. An intimate tale of stunning betrayals, Subduction bears witness to the power of stories to disrupt—and to heal. “Young beautifully and vividly renders the Pacific Northwest, particularly the unique world of Neah Bay. Subduction is at once a thought-provoking meditation on the geography and geology of the natural world and a generous exploration of the natural shifts and movements that shape her characters.” —Jonathan Evison, New York Times-bestselling author of Legends of the North Cascades

Behind the Urals

Author : John Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780253351258
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Behind the Urals written by John Scott and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Scott's classic account of his five years as a worker in the new industrial city of Magnitogorsk in the 1930s, first published in 1942, is enhanced in this edition by Stephen Kotkin's introduction, which places the book in context for today's readers; by the texts of three debriefings of Scott conducted at the U.S. embassy in Moscow in 1938 and published here for the first time; and by a selection of photographs showing life in Magnitogorsk in the 1930s. No other book provides such a graphic description of the life of workers under the First Five-Year Plan.

Life of an American Workman

Author : Boyden Sparkes
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Life of an American Workman written by Boyden Sparkes and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of Walter Chrysler, who established the Chrysler Corporation and founded Dodge Brothers Motor Co. It contains many delightful anecdotes about his childhood, his work on the railroads, and his turn-around of American Locomotive, Buick, and then Maxwell-Chambers.