There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America
of Philip Dray
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From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the industrial age to the present day. From the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, the first real factories in America, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the conÂtest between labor and capital for their share of American bounty has shaped our national experience. Philip Drayâs ambition is to show us the vital accomplishments of organized labor in that time and illuminate its central role in our social, political, economic, and cultural evolution. There Is Power in a Union is an epic, character-driven narrative that locates this struggle for security and dignity in all its various settings: on picket lines and in union halls, jails, assembly lines, corporate boardrooms, the courts, the halls of Congress, and the White House. The author demonstrates, viscerally and dramatically, the urgency of the fight for fairness and economic democracyâa struggle that remains especially urgent today, when ordinary Americans are so anxious and beset by ecoÂnomic woes.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 784 pages
- Publisher Doubleday
- Publication Date September 7th 2010
- First Publication 01/01/10
- Language English
- ISBN 9780385526296
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
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