A short history of the American labor movement

Abstract/Sommario: Nature and significance of the labor movement - Origin of american trade unions - The century old tactics of labor - Labor's first political experiments - Return to direct industrial action - Industrial panic, political action and utpias - Trade unionism and the civil war - A decade of panics, politics and labor chaos - Rise of the american federation of labor - The american federation of labor and politics - Revolutionary philosophies and tactics - Labor and the world war.