The workingman in American life

John H. M. Laslett

A collection of readings from primary sources, covering the period from 1576 to the mid-1960's. Topics include: guilds, slavery, the Lowell System, Knights of St. Crispin, Brook Farm, Greenback Party, sweatshops, International Workers of the World, Pullman Strike, the A.F.L., Red Scare, steel strike of 1919, the dustbowl, Social Security Act, labor & blacks, Communists & labor, Taft-Hartley Act, McClellan Report, Automation, white collar workers. Includes b/w photos.