| Labor Histories: Class, Politics, and the Working Class Experience Contributor(s): Arnesen, Eric (Editor), Greene, Julie (Editor), Laurie, Bruce (Editor) |
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ISBN: 025206710X ISBN-13: 9780252067105 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: Is class outmoded as a basis for understanding labor history? This significant new collection emphatically says "No!" Touching on such subjects as migrant labor, religion, ethnicity, agricultural history, and gender, these thirteen essays by former students of David Montgomery -- a preeminent leader in labor circles as well as in academia -- demonstrate the sheer diversity of the field today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 331.097 |
| LCCN: 97-45358 |
| Series: Working Class in American History (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.96" W x 8.93" (1.29 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Is class outmoded as a basis for understanding labor history? This collection emphatically answers, "No!" These thirteen essays delve into subjects like migrant labor, religion, ethnicity, agricultural history, and gender. Written by former students of preeminent labor figure and historian David Montgomery, the works advance the argument that class remains indispensable to the study of working Americans and their place in the broad drama of our shared national history. |