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In this illuminating survey of American labor from the 1820s to the present, Daniel Nelson looks for the reasons why union activity has ebbed and flowed since the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Rather than simply summarizing other people's books, Mr. Nelson offers an original and provocative view of the union experience in America.
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How and why have American labor unions grown in the century and a half since the industrial revolution? In this concise and illuminating history of the labor movement, Daniel Nelson traces the ebb and flow of union activity since the early nineteenth century. Rejecting an emphasis on individual leadership or the uniqueness of American "conditions," he instead looks to three factors to explain labor's record: the role of the autonomous worker, the threat of employer reprisals, and the influence of external forces such as government policy. His chief concern is to describe and document the historical experience, especially the erratically rising level of union membership from the close of the nineteenth century to the 1960s, and the reversal of that phenomenon in recent decades. Mr. Nelson devotes special attention to miners' unions in the years up to the 1950s, to government policy in the New Deal years and after, and to the development of sophisticated anti-union employer strategies in recent years. The strength of Shifting Fortunes lies not only in the scope of its coverage but in its evenhanded portrayal of employer-worker relations.
Author Biography
Daniel Nelson teaches American history at the University of Akron. He has also written Managers and Workers, Farm and Factory, and Frederick W. Taylor and the Rise of Scientific Management.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Union Growth in PerspectiveChapter 2: Miners and Organized LaborChapter 3: Urban Workers and Organized LaborChapter 4: New Environments, New Challenges, 1897–1930Chapter 5: The Labor Movement at High Tide, 1930–1953Chapter 6: The Decline of American Labor
Review
Excellent . . . the historic patterns of growth and decline are all here . . . well done. * CHOICE *Clearly and effectively presents the conflicts that have risen since the onset of American industrialization. * Virginia Quarterly Review *Concise. * Publishers Weekly *Balanced and perceptive. * Library Journal *
Long Description
How and why have American labor unions grown in the century and a half since the industrial revolution? In this concise and illuminating history of the labor movement, Daniel Nelson traces the ebb and flow of union activity since the early nineteenth century. Rejecting an emphasis on individual leadership or the uniqueness of American "conditions," he instead looks to three factors to explain labor's record: the role of the autonomous worker, the threat of employer reprisals, and the influence of external forces such as government policy. His chief concern is to describe and document the historical experience, especially the erratically rising level of union membership from the close of the nineteenth century to the 1960s, and the reversal of that phenomenon in recent decades. Mr. Nelson devotes special attention to miners' unions in the years up to the 1950s, to government policy in the New Deal years and after, and to the development of sophisticated anti-union employer strategies in recent years. The strength of Shifting Fortunes lies not only in the scope of its coverage but in its evenhanded portrayal of employer-worker relations.
Review Quote
Excellent...the historic patterns of growth and decline are all here...well done.
Details ISBN1566631793 Author Daniel Nelson Short Title SHIFTING FORTUNES Pages 192 Language English ISBN-10 1566631793 ISBN-13 9781566631792 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 1997 Imprint Ivan R Dee, Inc Place of Publication Chicago Country of Publication United States Birth 1941 Affiliation University of Akron Subtitle The Rise and Decline of American Labor, from the 1820s to the Present DOI 10.1604/9781566631792 UK Release Date 1997-11-01 AU Release Date 1997-11-01 NZ Release Date 1997-11-01 Publisher Ivan R Dee, Inc Series American Ways DEWEY 331.110973 Audience Undergraduate Publication Date 1997-09-01 US Release Date 1997-09-01 We've got this
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