{"product_id":"the-dawning-of-american-labor-isbn-9781119065708","title":"The Dawning of American Labor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA concise history of labor and work in America from the birth of the Republic to the Industrial Age and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the days of Thomas Jefferson, Americans believed that they could sustain a capitalist industrial economy without the class conflict or negative socioeconomic consequences experienced in Europe. This dream came crashing down in 1877 when the Great Strike, one of the most militant labor disputes in US history, convulsed the nation’s railroads. In \u003ci\u003eThe Dawning of American Labor\u003c\/i\u003e a leading scholar of American labor history draws upon first-hand accounts and the latest scholarship to offer a fascinating look at how Americans perceived and adapted to the shift from a largely agrarian economy to one dominated by manufacturing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the generations following the Great Strike, “the Labor Problem” and the idea of class relations became a critical issue facing the nation. As Professor Greenberg makes clear in this lively, highly accessible historical exploration, the 1877 strike forever cast a shadow across one of the most deeply rooted articles of national faith—the belief in American exceptionalism. What conditions produced the faith in a classless society? What went wrong? These questions lie at the heart of \u003ci\u003eThe Dawning of American Labor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a concise, comprehensive, and completely up-to-date synthesis of the latest scholarship on the early development of industrialization in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders how working people reacted, both in the workplace and in their communities, as the nation’s economy made its shift from an agrarian to an industrial base\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a formal Bibliographical Essay—a handy tool for student research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWorks as a stand-alone text or an ideal supplement to core curricula in US History, US Labor, and 19th-Century America\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessible introductory text for students in American history classes and beyond, \u003ci\u003eThe Dawning of American Labor\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to the history of labor in the United States for students and general readers of history alike.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: American Exceptionalism and the Great Strike of 1877\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Artisans in the New Republic, 1787–1825\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Artisan Workplace\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political Economy of Early America\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Transformation of the Workplace\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural Manufactures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Economy of Seaport Cities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManual Labor In and Out of the City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Change and the Demise of the Artisan Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCelebrating the New Era\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Labor in the Age of Jackson, 1825–1843\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Geography of Industrialization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Response to Industrialization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolding Onto the Familiar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion, the Revivalists, and the New Work Ethic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadical Resistance to the New Industrial Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: The Industrial Worker in Free Labor America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLynn as a Microcosm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Just Lynn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor Reform and the Remaking of American Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmigrant Workers Confront Nativism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Workers in a White World\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrade Unions on the Move in the 1850s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: From the Civil War to the Panic of 1873\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor and the War\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Great Lockout” of 1866\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Eight Hours for Labor, Eight for Recreation, and Eight for Rest”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding a National Organization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: A Tradition of Labor Protest Persists\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrian Greenberg, PhD Emeritus Professor Emeritus Jules Plangere Chair in American Social History. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDidYou\u003cb\u003eKnow?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is available as a Wiley E-Text.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wiley E-Text is a complete digital version of the text that makes time spent studying more efficient. 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