Author : Jeffrey Haydu
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520314166
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Book Synopsis Between Craft and Class by : Jeffrey Haydu
Download or read book Between Craft and Class written by Jeffrey Haydu and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between Craft and Class provides an incisive new look at workers' responses to the momentous economic changes surrounding them in the early years of the twentieth century. In this work, Haydu focuses on the reaction of skilled metal workers to new production methods that threatened time-honored craft traditions. He finds that the workers' responses to industrial change varied—some defended the status quo, while others agreed to trade customary rules for economic rewards. Under some conditions class protest arose, as workers of diverse skills and trades joined to demand a greater voice in the management of industry. Between Craft and Class explores how broadly based movements for workers' control developed during this critical period, and why they ultimately failed. Comparing workers in the United States and Britain, Haydu's scholarship is distinguished by extensive primary source research and provocative theoretical insights. In its scope and depth, this book will revise current notions of craft politics and working-class radicalism during this period.