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Grand Master Workman : Terence Powderly and the Knights of Labor / Craig Phelan.
Lippincott Library HD8055.K7 P47 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phelan, Craig, 1958-
- Series:
- Contributions in labor studies 0886-8239 ; no. 55.
- Contributions in labor studies, 0886-8239 ; no. 55
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Powderly, Terence Vincent, 1849-1924.
- Powderly, Terence Vincent.
- Knights of Labor--History.
- Knights of Labor.
- Labor unions--United States--History.
- Labor unions.
- Radicalism.
- History.
- United States.
- Labor movement--United States--History.
- Labor movement.
- Radicalism--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 294 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Challenges historical opinion of Terence Powderly and his movement to contribute to our greater understanding of labor relations during the Gilded Age.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A Child of Industrial America: January 1849-September 1879 11
- Chapter 2 Building a National Movement: September 1879-September 1881 47
- Chapter 3 Growth and Its Discontents: September 1881-September 1883 87
- Chapter 4 A Multiplicity of Goals: September 1883-September 1885 129
- Chapter 5 The Great Upheaval: September 1885-September 1888 171
- Chapter 6 Failure of a Dream: September 1888-June 1924 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313309485
- OCLC:
- 41419558
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