The Politicos, 1865-1896Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938 - 760 pages A lively history of the parties and the great party oeaders who dominated American politics during the turbulent eyrs of the "Robber Barons." |
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Page 388
... Labor lost favor and declined steadily in strength , following sore defeats ; while the craft - union organization , the American Federation of Labor , under Samuel Gompers's leadership gained rapidly by its more opportunist tactics ...
... Labor lost favor and declined steadily in strength , following sore defeats ; while the craft - union organization , the American Federation of Labor , under Samuel Gompers's leadership gained rapidly by its more opportunist tactics ...
Page 567
... labor organizations almost to disappear into the ground , the workers in factories , mines , and railroads , despite divisions among them , now fought with tenacity and élan for their unions . The second Cleveland term made labor ...
... labor organizations almost to disappear into the ground , the workers in factories , mines , and railroads , despite divisions among them , now fought with tenacity and élan for their unions . The second Cleveland term made labor ...
Page 691
... Labor , stumped vigorously for the silver crusade ; and from Chicago , embittered by economic strife , Hanna's Republican agents reported : The labor organizations are against us to a man . Impossible to teach them . They are more ...
... Labor , stumped vigorously for the silver crusade ; and from Chicago , embittered by economic strife , Hanna's Republican agents reported : The labor organizations are against us to a man . Impossible to teach them . They are more ...
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18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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