Barons of labor : the San Francisco building trades and union power in the Progressive Era / Michael Kazin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kazin, Michael, 1948-

Contributor:

Licht, Walter, 1946- donor.

Walter Licht Labor History Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Working class in American history.

The Working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building trades--Employees--Labor unions--California--San Francisco--History.

Building trades.

Building trades--California--San Francisco--History.

Building Trades Council (San Francisco, Calif.)--History.

Building Trades Council (San Francisco, Calif.).

San Francisco (Calif.)--History.

San Francisco (Calif.).

Building trades--Employees--Labor unions.

California--San Francisco.

Genre:

History

Penn Provenance:

Licht, Walter, 1946- (donor)

Physical Description:

xiv, 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

illustration

Edition:

Illini books ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Summary:

"Kazin's book is about far more than the construction industry: it also illuminates the social and political history of San Francisco. ... Gracefully written and adorned with evocative portraits of local political and labor leaders, Barons of Labor is absorbing reading as well as a fine piece of history."--Joshua B. Freeman, The Nation

Contents:

The rise to power. "Where unionism holds undisputed sway" : San Francisco in the Progressive Era ; Ascent to isolation, 1896-1902

The use of power. Leaders ; The closed-shop empire : from job site to labor temple ; Social conflict and the earthquake, 1903-1907 ; Reform, utopia, and racism : the politics of California craftsmen ; The misgoverning of San Francisco, 1908-1911

The loss of power. Perils of compromise in the exposition city, 1912-1915 ; Dynamics of defeat, 1916-1921 ; The building trades in an open-shop city.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

025206075X

9780252060755

OCLC:

18557450