The human tradition in American labor history
Assembles biographical stories of famous leaders and unknown activists, covering the 18th century up to 1970. Relates to enslaved artisans, interracial unionism, immigration, Jewish radicalism and gender, the New Black Politics, reverse migration in World War II, the United Farm Workers Union, etc
Human tradition in America, no. 19
Biography
xvi, 258 pages ; 24 cm.
9780842029872, 9780842029865, 0842029877, 0842029869
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Mary Hale and Ann Edmonds : gender, women's work, and health in colonial Massachusetts / Rebecca Tannenbaum -- Gabriel's conspiracy and the lives of enslaved artisans in Richmond, Virginia / James Sidbury -- Sarah Bagley : laboring for life / Terry Murphy -- Beeswax Taylor and the forgotten legacy of labor insurgency in gilded age America / Paul Krause -- William R. Riley and the limits of interracial unionism in the late nineteenth century South / Karin Shapiro -- Eugene Debs : from conservative unionist to American socialist / Colin Davis -- Pauline Newman : immigration, Jewish radicalism, and gender / Annelise Orleck -- Karl Yoneda : radical organizing and Asian American labor / Chris Friday -- "With God on our side" : James Evans, religion, and working-class protest in the new South / Bryant Simon -- A. Philip Randolph : labor and the new black politics / Eric Arnesen -- The unusual journey of Vernon Lawhorn, Thomas James Buchner, and the Green brothers : reverse migration in World War II / Risa Goluboff -- "My own life's worth" : Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers Union / Margaret Rose -- Walter Reuther and the promise of modern America / Kevin Boyle.