John L. Lewis: A Biography

John L. Lewis (1880-1969), who ruled the United Mine Workers for four decades beginning in 1919, defied presidents, challenged Congress, and kept American political life in an uproar. Drawing upon previously untapped resources in the UMW archives and upon oral histories by major figures of the 1930s and 1940s, the authors have created a remarkable portrait of this 'self-made man' and his times. "This well-illustrated, engagingly-written volume deserves a prominent place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the history of American labor in the twentieth century." -- Labor History

Biographies & Memoirs

DUBOFSKY, Melvyn

Van Tine, Warren Van

Leaders & Notable People

University of Illinois Press

A biography of a leading member of the American labor movement traces Lewis' life from his boyhood, through his school years, to his involvement with the cause of labor

Tine, Warren Van

A succinct rendition of Dubofsky's history of the IWW, this edition brings the essence of the colorful story of the Industrial Workers of the World.

WE SHALL BE ALL

Business & Money

Economics

An exploration of some of American labor's central themes by a giant in the field, this book is also a narrative of how one scholar was drawn to labor history as a subject of study and how his approach to it changed over time.

Hard Work: The Making of Labor History (Working Class in American History)

This is the classic history of the Industrial Workers of the World, the influential band of labor militants whose activism mobilized America's poorest and most marginalized workers in the years before World War I. Originally published in 1969, Melvyn Dubofsky's "We Shall Be All" has remained the definitive archive-based history of the IWW. While much has been written on aspects of the IWW's history in the past three decades, nothing has duplicated or surpassed this authoritative work. The present volume, an abridged version of this labor history classic, makes the compelling story of the IWW accessible to a new generation of readers. In its heyday, between 1905 and 1919, the IWW nourished a dream of a better America where poverty - material and spiritual - would be erased and where all people, regardless of nationality or color, and would walk free and equal. More than half a century ago the Wobblies tried in their own ways to grapple with issues that still plague the nation in a more sophisticated and prosperous era. Their example has inspired radicals in America and abroad over the greater part of a century.

We Shall Be All: A History of the Industrial Workers of the World (abridged ed.) (Working Class in American History)

This welcome collection encapsulates the evolving thought of one of American labor history's most prominent scholars. Melvyn Dubofsky's accessible style and historical reach mark his work as required reading for students and scholars alike. Hard Work juxtaposes Dubofsky's early and recent writings, forcefully suggesting how present and past interact in the writing of history. In addition to solid essays on various aspects of labor history, including western working-class radicalism, U.S. labor history in transnational and comparative settings, and the impact of technological change on the American worker movements, this volume provides an invaluable "I was there" perspective on the academic and political climate of the 1960s and early 1970s and on the development of labor history as a discipline over the past four decades. An exploration of some of American labor's central themes by a giant in the field, Hard Work is also a compelling narrative of how one scholar was drawn to labor history as a subject of study and how his approach to it changed over time.’

Explains how Haywood became a labor radicle, discusses his role in U.S. labor history, and examines the politics of the period

Big Bill Haywood

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

St.Martin's Press

Like its predecessors, the Third Edition of this popular text considers the lives of ordinary working people and the problems they faced in the crucial period 1865-1920, while focusing on the impact of industrialization and workers' reactions to it. Pointing out that labor reform was a hard-won, often violent battle, Professor Dubofsky also discusses the development of labor organizations, the impact of immigration on them, and the World War I era alliance between government and labor. New to the Third Edition is a 25-page photographic essay and a consideration of some startling parallels between the national experience of American workers during the age of industrialization and the experience of the American worker over the last two decades.

Industrialism and the American worker, 1865-1920 (The Crowell American history series)

Crowell

Big Bill Haywood (Lives of the Left)

Manchester University Press

In this important new book, Melvyn Dubofsky traces the relationship between the American labor movement and the federal government from the 1870s until the present. His is the only book to focus specifically on the 'labor question' as a lens through which to view more clearly the basic political, economic, and social forces that have divided citizens throughout the industrial era. Many scholars contend that the state has acted to suppress trade union autonomy and democracy, as well as rank-and-file militancy, in the interest of social stability and conclude that the law has rendered unions the servants of capital and the state. In contrast, Dubofsky argues that the relationship between the state and labor is far more complex and that workers and their unions have gained from positive state intervention at particular junctures in American history. He focuses on six such periods when, in varying combinations, popular politics, administrative policy formation, and union influence on the legislative and executive branches operated to promote stability by furthering the interests of workers and their organizations.

The State and Labor in Modern America

History

Americas

The University of North Carolina Press

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John L. Lewis: A Biography

John L. Lewis: A Biography

WE SHALL BE ALL

Hard Work: The Making of Labor History (Working Class in American History)

We Shall Be All: A History of the Industrial Workers of the World (abridged ed.) (Working Class in American History)

Hard Work: The Making of Labor History (Working Class in American History)

Big Bill Haywood

Industrialism and the American worker, 1865-1920 (The Crowell American history series)

Big Bill Haywood (Lives of the Left)

The State and Labor in Modern America