Knights down under : the Knights of Labour in New Zealand / by Robert E. Weir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weir, Robert E., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--New Zealand--History--19th century.

Labor unions.

New Zealand--Social conditions--19th century.

New Zealand.

Knights of Labor.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2009.

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the United States, the Knights of Labour (KOL) is part of the wreckage of labor history, a nineteenth-century organization of great promise that flamed out quickly and completely. Many scholars (wrongly) see it as little more than a failed experiment that stumbled due to misplaced idealism and antiquated notions of fraternalism. In New Zealand, the KOL's story was strikingly different, achieving tremendous success in a remarkably short time. Knights Down Under takes an in-depth look at th...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-19000-8

9786612190001

1-4438-0436-3

OCLC:

823720839