A Short History of the U.S. Working Class

From Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century (Revolutionary Studies)

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Paul Le Blanc ISBN: 9781608466696
Publisher: Haymarket Books Publication: January 15, 2017
Imprint: Haymarket Books Language: English
Author: Paul Le Blanc
ISBN: 9781608466696
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication: January 15, 2017
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Language: English

Paul LeBlanc has made important contributions to our understanding of socialist theory.

We have had inquiries from academics looking to place hundreds of copies of this book.

Key figures of U.S. labor included in this book—Cesar Chavez, Eugene V. Debs, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Samuel Gompers, Woody Guthrie, "Big Bill" Haywood, Langston Hughes, "Mother" Mary Jones, Martin Luther King Jr., George Meany, A. Philip Randolph, and Carl Sandburg, among others.

In addition to the main narrative, a bibliographical essay directs readers to classic works and cutting-edge scholarship in the field of U.S. labor history as well as to relevant fiction, poetry, and films for further exploration or study. The book's substantial glossary offers clear definitions and thought-provoking mini-essays for almost 200 terms, from the most basic to the most complex and technical.

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Paul LeBlanc has made important contributions to our understanding of socialist theory.

We have had inquiries from academics looking to place hundreds of copies of this book.

Key figures of U.S. labor included in this book—Cesar Chavez, Eugene V. Debs, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Samuel Gompers, Woody Guthrie, "Big Bill" Haywood, Langston Hughes, "Mother" Mary Jones, Martin Luther King Jr., George Meany, A. Philip Randolph, and Carl Sandburg, among others.

In addition to the main narrative, a bibliographical essay directs readers to classic works and cutting-edge scholarship in the field of U.S. labor history as well as to relevant fiction, poetry, and films for further exploration or study. The book's substantial glossary offers clear definitions and thought-provoking mini-essays for almost 200 terms, from the most basic to the most complex and technical.

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