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Author : Paul Michel Taillon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Culture, Politics, and the Making of the Railroad Brotherhoods, 1863-1916 written by Paul Michel Taillon and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theresa Ann Case
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603443401
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Great Southwest Railroad Strike and Free Labor written by Theresa Ann Case and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603449787
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Texas Labor History written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-21 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, observers and writers of Texas history have accepted assumptions about labor movements in the state—both organized and not—that do not bear up under the light of careful scrutiny. Offering a scholarly corrective to such misplaced suppositions, the studies in Texas Labor History provide a helpful new source for scholars and teachers who wish to fill in some of the missing pieces. Tackling a number of such presumptions—that a viable labor movement never existed in the Lone Star State; that black, brown, and white laborers, both male and female, were unable to achieve even short-term solidarity; that labor unions in Texas were ineffective because of laborers’ inability to confront employers—the editors and contributors to this volume lay the foundation for establishing the importance of labor to a fuller understanding of Texas history. They show, for example, that despite differing working conditions and places in society, many workers managed to unite, sometimes in biracial efforts, to overturn the top-down strategy utilized by Texas employers. Texas Labor History also facilitates an understanding of how the state’s history relates to, reflects, and differs from national patterns and movements. This groundbreaking collection of studies offers notable opportunities for new directions of inquiry and will benefit historians and students for years to come.
Author : William G. Thomas
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300171684
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Iron Way written by William G. Thomas and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How railroads both united and divided us: “Integrates military and social history…a must-read for students, scholars and enthusiasts alike.”—Civil War Monitor Beginning with Frederick Douglass’s escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dynamic growth of railroads and telegraphs. William G. Thomas brings new evidence to bear on railroads, the Confederate South, slavery, and the Civil War era, based on groundbreaking research in digitized sources never available before. The Iron Way revises our ideas about the emergence of modern America and the role of the railroads in shaping the sectional conflict. Both the North and the South invested in railroads to serve their larger purposes, Thomas contends. Though railroads are often cited as a major factor in the Union’s victory, he shows that they were also essential to the formation of “the South” as a unified region. He discusses the many—and sometimes unexpected—effects of railroad expansion, and proposes that America’s great railroads became an important symbolic touchstone for the nation’s vision of itself. “In this provocative and deeply researched book, William G. Thomas follows the railroad into virtually every aspect of Civil War history, showing how it influenced everything from slavery’s antebellum expansion to emancipation and segregation—from guerrilla warfare to grand strategy. At every step, Thomas challenges old assumptions and finds new connections on this much-traveled historical landscape."—T.J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Author : James W. Ely, Jr.
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700611444
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Railroads and American Law written by James W. Ely, Jr. and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2001-12-06 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No enterprise is so seductive as a railroad for the influence it exerts, the power it gives, and the hope of gain it offers.—Poor's Manual of Railroads (1900) At its peak, the railroad was the Internet of its day in its transformative impact on American life and law. A harbinger and promoter of economic empire, it was also the icon of a technological revolution that accelerated national expansion and in the process transformed our legal system. James W. Ely Jr., in the first comprehensive legal history of the rail industry, shows that the two institutions-the railroad and American law-had a profound influence on each other. Ely chronicles how "America's first big business" impelled the creation of a vast array of new laws in a country where long-distance internal transport had previously been limited to canals and turnpikes. Railroads, the first major industry to experience extensive regulation, brought about significant legal innovations governing interstate commerce, eminent domain, private property, labor relations, and much more. Much of this development was originally designed to serve the interests of the railroads themselves but gradually came to contest and control the industry's power and exploitative tendencies. As Ely reveals, despite its great promise and potential as an engine of prosperity and uniter of far-flung regions, the railroad was not universally admired. Railroads uprooted people, threatened local autonomy, and posed dangers to employees and the public alike-situations with unprecedented legal ramifications. Ely explores the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which those ramifications played out, as railroads crossed state lines and knitted together a diverse nation with thousands of miles of iron rail. Epic in its scope, Railroads and American Law makes a complex subject accessible to a wide range of readers, from legal historians to railroad buffs, and shows the many ways in which a powerful industry brought change and innovation to America.
Author : Roger Horowitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135304483
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Boys and Their Toys written by Roger Horowitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Negotiating the divide between "respectable manhood" and "rough manhood" this book explores masculinity at work and at play through provocative essays on labor unions, railroads, vocational training programs, and NASCAR racing.
Author : Aaron Brenner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317457064
Total Pages : 1442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History written by Aaron Brenner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 1442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strikes have been part of American labor relations from colonial days to the present, reflecting the widespread class conflict that has run throughout the nation's history. Against employers and their goons, against the police, the National Guard, local, state, and national officials, against racist vigilantes, against their union leaders, and against each other, American workers have walked off the job for higher wages, better benefits, bargaining rights, legislation, job control, and just plain dignity. At times, their actions have motivated groundbreaking legislation, defining new rights for all citizens; at other times they have led to loss of workers' lives. This comprehensive encyclopedia is the first detailed collection of historical research on strikes in America. To provide the analytical tools for understanding strikes, the volume includes two types of essays - those focused on an industry or economic sector, and those focused on a theme. Each industry essay introduces a group of workers and their employers and places them in their economic, political, and community contexts. The essay then describes the industry's various strikes, including the main issues involved and outcomes achieved, and assesses the impact of the strikes on the industry over time. Thematic essays address questions that can only be answered by looking at a variety of strikes across industries, groups of workers, and time, such as, why the number of strikes has declined since the 1970s, or why there was a strike wave in 1946. The contributors include historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, as well as current and past activists from unions and other social movement organizations. Photos, a Topic Finder, a bibliography, and name and subject indexes add to the works appeal.
Author : Donna T. Haverty-Stacke
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441145753
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Rethinking U.S. Labor History written by Donna T. Haverty-Stacke and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David E. Bernstein
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383055
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Only One Place of Redress written by David E. Bernstein and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-18 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Only One Place of Redress David E. Bernstein offers a bold reinterpretation of American legal history: he argues that American labor and occupational laws, enacted by state and federal governments after the Civil War and into the twentieth century, benefited dominant groups in society to the detriment of those who lacked political power. Both intentionally and incidentally, claims Bernstein, these laws restricted in particular the job mobility and economic opportunity of blacks. A pioneer in applying the insights of public choice theory to legal history, Bernstein contends that the much-maligned jurisprudence of the Lochner era—with its emphasis on freedom of contract and private market ordering—actually discouraged discrimination and assisted groups with little political clout. To support this thesis he examines the motivation behind and practical impact of laws restricting interstate labor recruitment, occupational licensing laws, railroad labor laws, minimum wage statutes, the Davis-Bacon Act, and New Deal collective bargaining. He concludes that the ultimate failure of Lochnerism—and the triumph of the regulatory state—not only strengthened racially exclusive labor unions but contributed to a massive loss of employment opportunities for African Americans, the effects of which continue to this day. Scholars and students interested in race relations, labor law, and legal or constitutional history will be fascinated by Bernstein’s daring—and controversial—argument.
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Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Railroad History written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 916 pages
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Download or read book Directory of History Departments and Organizations in the United States and Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 816 pages
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Download or read book Labour History Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Neil Schlager
Publisher : Saint James Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide written by Neil Schlager and published by Saint James Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Provides in-depth analysis of more than 300 key events in labor history over the last 200 years, focusing on the relevance of these events to both the labor movement as a whole and to societal changes around the world. Each entry, written and signed by an expert in the field, includes a description of the event, information about the key players involved and discusses the event in historical context.
Author : Martin P. Catherwood Library
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Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Library Acquisitions List written by Martin P. Catherwood Library and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book America, History and Life written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.
Author : Megan Ming Francis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107037107
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State written by Megan Ming Francis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book extends what we know about the development of civil rights and the role of the NAACP in American politics. Through a sweeping archival analysis of the NAACP's battle against lynching and mob violence from 1909 to 1923, this book examines how the NAACP raised public awareness, won over American presidents, secured the support of Congress, and won a landmark criminal procedure case in front of the Supreme Court.
