Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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... Union in 1866. Although it failed to achieve its major objectives , the union's six years of activity served to indicate the magnitude of labor's problems . Under the leadership of William H. Sylvis , who became its president in 1868 ...
... Union in 1866. Although it failed to achieve its major objectives , the union's six years of activity served to indicate the magnitude of labor's problems . Under the leadership of William H. Sylvis , who became its president in 1868 ...
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... union leadership that was crafty , opportunistic , and concerned with bread and butter issues . Adopting a radical theoretical perspective , he believed , I would have " concentrated all the forces of society against a labor movement ...
... union leadership that was crafty , opportunistic , and concerned with bread and butter issues . Adopting a radical theoretical perspective , he believed , I would have " concentrated all the forces of society against a labor movement ...
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... union , an eight - hour day , and other benefits . The six rail- roads that controlled most of the anthracite fields , led by George F. Baer of the Reading and W. H. Truesdale of the Lackawanna , refused to negotiate because they ...
... union , an eight - hour day , and other benefits . The six rail- roads that controlled most of the anthracite fields , led by George F. Baer of the Reading and W. H. Truesdale of the Lackawanna , refused to negotiate because they ...
Contents
Times and Tensions of a Developing Industrial Society | 3 |
MAPS | 21 |
American Society at the End of an Era | 34 |
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| Title | Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred Years |
| Author | Paul W. Glad |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2006 |
| ISBN | 0669904074, 9780669904079 |
| Length | 558 pages |
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