WHAT'S IN THE CATALOG?
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FINDING BOOKS IN THE CATALOG
The Library Catalog is the gateway to all information resources located in the Rutgers University Libraries. There are numerous keywords and subjects that can be used when researching any topic. You can try the following subjects for U.S. labor history:
| Industrial relations -- United States -- History |
| Labor -- United States -- History |
| Labor movement -- United States -- History |
| Labor unions -- United States -- History |
| Working class -- United States -- History |
| United States Department of Labor |
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HIGHLIGHTED BOOKS
From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend by ISBN: 1565844440Publication Date: 2001-09-01Priscilla Murolo and A. B. Chitty have created an engrossing, comprehensive history of labor in the United States, capturing the full sweep of working people's struggles, from indentured servants in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Silicon Valley. Written with great narrative force, From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend surveys the historic efforts and sacrifices that working people made to win the rights we take for granted today: basic health and safety standards in the workplace, fair on-the-job treatment for men and women, the minimum wage, and even the weekend itself. A definitive new work of American history, From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend also brings labor history to life with thirty pages of dramatic "cartoon narratives" -- by internationally acclaimed artist Joe Sacco -- that highlight key moments and figures throughout American history.
Labor's Story in the United States by ISBN: 1592130208Publication Date: 2004-02-05In this, the first broad historical overview of labor in the United States in twenty years, Philip Nicholson examines anew the questions, the villains, the heroes, and the issues of work in America. Unlike recent books that have covered labor in the twentieth century, Labor's Story in the United States looks at the broad landscape of labor since before the Revolution. In clear, unpretentious language, Philip Yale Nicholson considers American labor history from the perspective of institutions and people: the rise of unions, the struggles over slavery, wages, and child labor, public and private responses to union organizing. Throughout, the book focuses on the integral relationship between the strength of labor and the growth of democracy, painting a vivid picture of the strength of labor movements and how they helped make the United States what it is today. Labor's Story in the United States will become an indispensable source for scholars and students.
Labor Rising by ISBN: 9781595585189Publication Date: 2012-07-03At a time of high unemployment, failing economies and slashed public spending, what does the future hold? On the heels of the expansive Occupy movement, the lessons of history are a vital handhold for the thousands of activists and citizens everywhere who sense that something has gone terribly wrong. This pithy yet accessible volume provides readers with an understanding of the history that is directly relevant to the economic and political crises working people face today. Labor Rising points the way to a revitalized 21st century labour movement.
