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Perlman, Selig

"A History of Trade Unionism in the United States"


S.P.
FOOTNOTE:
[1] See his _Labor and Administration_, Chapter XIV (Macmillan, 1913).


CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE v

PART I. THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
CHAPTER
1 LABOR MOVEMENTS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
(1) Early Beginnings, to 1827 8
(2) Equal Citizenship, 1827-1832 9
(3) The Period of the "Wild-Cat" Prosperity,
1833-1837 18
(4) The Long Depression, 1837-1862 29
2 THE "GREENBACK" PERIOD, 1862-1879 42
3 THE BEGINNING OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR AND OF
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR 68
4 REVIVAL AND UPHEAVAL, 1879-1887 81
5 THE VICTORY OF CRAFT UNIONISM AND THE FINAL
FAILURE OF PRODUCERS' COOPERATION 106
6 STABILIZATION, 1888-1897 130
7 TRADE UNIONISM AND THE COURTS 146

PART II. THE LARGER CAREER OF UNIONISM
8 PARTIAL RECOGNITION AND NEW DIFFICULTIES,
1898-1914 163
(1) The Miners 167
(2) The Railway Men 180
(3) The Machinery and Metal Trades 186
(4) The Employers' Reaction 190
(5) Legislation, Courts, and Politics 198
9 RADICAL UNIONISM AND A "COUNTER-REFORMATION" 208
10 THE WAR-TIME BALANCE SHEET 226
11 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 245

PART III.


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