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- Book Title
- Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Powe
- ISBN
- 9780252060755
- Subject Area
- Business & Economics, History
- Publication Name
- Barons of Labor : the San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Industries / Construction, United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Labor
- Publication Year
- 1988
- Series
- Working Class in American History Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 338 Pages
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''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.''-- The Nation ''A bold and pioneering ......
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
025206075x
ISBN-13
9780252060755
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038262631
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
338 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Barons of Labor : the San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era
Publication Year
1988
Subject
Industries / Construction, United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Labor
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics, History
Series
Working Class in American History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
88-028067
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"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." The Nation "A bold and pioneering work that revises our understanding of skilled craftsmen and the politics of class in the Progressive Era." Journal of American History "Barons of Labor, is superb work, carefully researched and written with clarity, vitality, and wit, a pleasure as well as an education to read." Labor History, "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."-- The Nation, "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." The Nation"A bold and pioneering work that revises our understanding of skilled craftsmen and the politics of class in the Progressive Era." Journal of American History"Barons of Labor, is superb work, carefully researched and written with clarity, vitality, and wit, a pleasure as well as an education to read." Labor History, " Barons of Labor, is superb work, carefully researched and written with clarity, vitality, and wit, a pleasure as well as an education to read."-- Labor History, "A bold and pioneering work that revises our understanding of skilled craftsmen and the politics of class in the Progressive Era."-- Journal of American History, " Barons of Labor is superb work, carefully researched and written with clarity, vitality, and wit, a pleasure as well as an education to read."-- Labor History, Winner of an Honorable Mention from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Association and a 1989 Western Heritage Award for Significant Scholarly Research and selected for the 1990 ALA "Best Bibliographies in History" list. "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."-- The Nation
Dewey Decimal
331.88/124/0979461
Lc Classification Number
Hd6515
Table of Content
Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction 3 I The Rise to Power 1 "Where Unionism Holds Undisputed Sway": San Francisco in the Progressive Era 13 2 Ascent to Isolation, 1896-1902 36 II The Use of Power 3 Leaders 67 4 The Closed-Shop Empire: From Job Site to Labor Temple 82 5 Social Conflict and the Earthquake, 1903-1907 113 6 Reform, Utopia, and Racism: The Politics of California Craftsmen 145 7 The Misgoverning of San Francisco, 1908-1911 177 II The Loss of Power 8 Perils of Compromise in the Exposition City, 1912-1915 217 9 Dynamics of Defeat, 1916-1921 234 10 The Building Trades in an Open-Shop City 270 Conclusion 277 Appendixes 293 Index 307
Copyright Date
1989
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