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Alienation and Freedom; The Factory Worker and His Industry.by Robert BlaunerISBN 0226058115 (0-226-05811-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Aliens and Dissenters: Federal Suppression of Radicals, 1903-1933by William PrestonISBN 0252064526 (0-252-06452-6)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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America's Working Man: Work, Home and Politics Among Blue-Collar Property Ownersby David HalleISBN 0226313662 (0-226-31366-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Centuryby Philip Sheldon FonerISBN 0252001877 (0-252-00187-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Another Civil War: Labor, Capital, and the State in the Anthracite Regions of Pennsylvania, 1840-68by Grace PalladinoISBN 0252016718 (0-252-01671-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Eraby Michael KazinISBN 025206075X (0-252-06075-X)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Black France: Colonialism, Immigration, And Transnationalismby Dominic ThomasISBN 0253218810 (0-253-21881-0)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Capitalism and Slaveryby Eric E. WilliamsISBN 023395676X (0-233-95676-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944. Years ahead of its time, his profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, Williams's study of the role of slavery in financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality of the African slave trade in European economic development. He also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams employed a historicist vision that set the tone for future studies. In a new introduction, Colin Palmer assesses the lasting impact of Williams's groundbreaking work and analyzes the heated scholarly debates it generated when it first appeared. [via]
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Caring by the Hour: Women, Work, and Organizing at Duke Medical Centerby Karen Brodkin SacksISBN 0252013921 (0-252-01392-1)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860by Christine StansellISBN 0252014812 (0-252-01481-2)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crowby Neil R. McMillenISBN 025206156X (0-252-06156-X)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutionsby William J. WilsonISBN 0226901297 (0-226-90129-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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"Wilson has written a profound and provocative book that is destined to become a classic in the field. He has articulated the issues with which future researchers will have to deal. Truly, he has made a contribution to social science."--Wilson Record, American Journal of Sociology
"The intellectual strength of this book lies in his capacity to integrate disparate findings from historical studies, social theory and research on contemporary trends into a complex and original synthesis that challenges widespread assumptions about the cause of black disadvantage and the way to remove it."--Paul Starr, New York Times Book Review
This is a short but important book. . . . Wilson presents a cogent and convincing interpretation of how the changing political and economic structure of the United States profoundly affected the position of black Americans."--Pierre van den Berghe, Sociology and Social Research
"This publication is easily one of the most erudite and sober diagnoses of the American black situation. Students of race relations and anybody in a policy-making position cannot afford to bypass this study."--Ernest Manheim, SociologyMore editions of The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions:
Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Classby Bill C. MaloneISBN 0252073665 (0-252-07366-5)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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The Economics of Trade Unionsby Albert ReesISBN 0226707040 (0-226-70704-0)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press
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Family, Love, and Work in the Lives of Victorian Gentlewomenby M. Jeanne PetersonISBN 0253205093 (0-253-20509-3)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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For a Livingby Nicholas Coles, Peter OresickISBN 0252064100 (0-252-06410-0)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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From Mandeville to Marxby Louis DumontISBN 0226169669 (0-226-16966-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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From Mandeville to Marx: The Genesis and Triumph of Economic Ideologyby Louis DumontISBN 0226169812 (0-226-16981-2)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press
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Gentle Rebel: Letters of Eugene V. Debsby J. Robert Constantine, Eugene V. DebsISBN 0252063244 (0-252-06324-4)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Global Problems: The Search For Equity, Peace, and Sustainabilityby Scott R. SernauISBN 0205343929 (0-205-34392-9)
Softcover, Allyn & Bacon
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Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, With Special Reference to Educationby Gary S. BeckerISBN 0226041204 (0-226-04120-4)
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This expanded edition includes four new chapters, covering recent ideas about human capital, fertility and economic growth, the division of labor, economic considerations within the family, and inequality in earnings.
"Critics have charged that Mr. Becker's style of thinking reduces humans to economic entities. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mr. Becker gives people credit for having the power to reason and seek out their own best destiny."Wall Street JournalMore editions of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, With Special Reference to Education:
Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930by Frank Tobias HigbieISBN 0252070984 (0-252-07098-4)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nationsby Adam SmithISBN 0198281846 (0-19-828184-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations/2 Volumes in 1by Adam SmithISBN 0226763749 (0-226-76374-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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This reprint of Edwin Cannan's definitive 1904 edition of The Wealth of Nations includes Cannan's famous introduction, notes, and a full index, as well as a new preface written especially for this edition by the distinguished economist George J. Stigler. Mr. Stigler's preface will be of value for anyone wishing to see the contemporary relevance of Adam Smith's thought.More editions of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations/2 Volumes in 1:
Italian Workers Of The World: Labor Migration And The Formation Of Multiethnic Statesby Donna R. Gabaccia, Fraser M. OttanelliISBN 025207257X (0-252-07257-X)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Karl Marx: Selected Writingsby David McLellanISBN 0198782659 (0-19-878265-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Labor and Community: Mexican Citrus Worker Villages in a Southern California County, 1900-1950by Gilbert G. GonzalezISBN 0252020979 (0-252-02097-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Labor and Urban Politics: Class Conflict and the Origins of Modern Liberalism in Chicago, 1864-97by Richard SchneirovISBN 0252066766 (0-252-06676-6)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Labor Embattled: History, Power, Rightsby David BrodyISBN 0252072464 (0-252-07246-4)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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The Labor History Readerby Daniel J. LeabISBN 0252011988 (0-252-01198-8)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Labor's Troubadourby Joe GlazerISBN 025207095X (0-252-07095-X)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure: Working Women, Popular Culture, and Labor Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Centuryby Nan EnstadISBN 0231111037 (0-231-11103-7)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Letters of Eugene V. Debs, 1874-1926by Eugene V. Debs, J. Robert ConstantineISBN 0252017420 (0-252-01742-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksongby David Cohen, Norm CohenISBN 0252068815 (0-252-06881-5)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Managing without Unionsby M. Scott MyersISBN 0201049163 (0-201-04916-3)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley Pub Co
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Manufacturing Consentby Michael BurawoyISBN 0226080382 (0-226-08038-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalismby Michael BurawoyISBN 0226080374 (0-226-08037-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Many and the Few : A Chronicle of the Dynamic Auto Workersby Henry Kraus, Neil O. LeightonISBN 0252011996 (0-252-01199-6)
Softcover, University of Illinois Press
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Marching Together: Women of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Portersby Melinda ChateauvertISBN 0252066367 (0-252-06636-7)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Men, Women, and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New England Shoe Industry, 1780-1910by Mary H. BlewettISBN 025206142X (0-252-06142-X)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Merchants, Midwives, And Laboring Women: Italian Migrants in Urban Americaby Diane C. VecchioISBN 0252030397 (0-252-03039-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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The New England Working Class and the New Labor Historyby Donald Bell, Herbert GutmanISBN 0252013018 (0-252-01301-8)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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On the Lineby Harvey SwadosISBN 0252016742 (0-252-01674-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Once a Cigar Maker: Men, Women and Work Culture in American Cigar Factories, 1900-1919by Patricia CooperISBN 0252062574 (0-252-06257-4)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Origins of the Labour Party, 1880-1900by Henry PellingISBN 0198811101 (0-19-881110-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Outcast London: A Study in the Relationship Between Classes in Victorian Societyby Gareth Stedman JonesISBN 019827212X (0-19-827212-X)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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Pullman Strikeby A. LindseyISBN 0226483835 (0-226-48383-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Race Riotby William M. TuttleISBN 0252065867 (0-252-06586-7)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution Lessons for the Computer Ageby Kirkpatrick SaleISBN 0201407183 (0-201-40718-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Rights, Not Roses: Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-80by Dennis A. DeslippeISBN 0252068343 (0-252-06834-3)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Roots of Reform: Farmers, Workers, and the American State, 1877-1917by Elizabeth SandersISBN 0226734773 (0-226-73477-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Based on new evidence from legislative records and other sources, Sanders shows that this tenuous alliance of "producers versus plutocrats" shaped early regulatory legislation, remained powerful through the populist and progressive eras, and developed a characteristic method of democratic state expansion with continued relevance for subsequent reform movements.
Roots of Reform is essential reading for anyone interested in this crucial period of American political development.More editions of Roots of Reform: Farmers, Workers, and the American State, 1877-1917:
Selected Writingsby David McLellan, Karl MarxISBN 019876037X (0-19-876037-X)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Southern Discomfort: Women's Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880S-1920sby Nancy A. HewittISBN 0252071913 (0-252-07191-3)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workersby Michael K. HoneyISBN 0252063058 (0-252-06305-8)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Spirit of Laborby James R. Barrett, Hutchins HapgoodISBN 0252071875 (0-252-07187-5)
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Streets, Railroads, and the Great Strike of 1877by David O. StowellISBN 0226776697 (0-226-77669-7)
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Syndicalist Legacy: Trade Unions and Politics in Two French Cities in the Era of World War Iby Kathryn E. AmdurISBN 0252012380 (0-252-01238-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Ten Thousand Working Daysby Robert SchrankISBN 0262690640 (0-262-69064-0)
Softcover, MIT Press
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Ten Thousand Working Daysby SchrankISBN 0262191695 (0-262-19169-5)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Threads: Gender, Labor, and Power in the Global Apparel Industryby Jane Lou CollinsISBN 0226113728 (0-226-11372-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Town in the Ruhr: A Social History of Rochum, 1860-1914by David F. CrewISBN 0231043007 (0-231-04300-7)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Twenty Years at Hull-Houseby Jane Addams, Norah HamiltonISBN 0252061071 (0-252-06107-1)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Their pale faces were dominated by that most unlovely of human expressions, the cunning and shrewdness of the bargain-hunter who starves if he cannot make a successful trade, and yet the final impression was not of ragged, tawdry clothing nor of pinched and sallow faces, but of myriads of hands, empty, pathetic, nerveless, and workworn, showing white in the uncertain light of the street, and clutching forward for food which was already unfit to eat.
This scene haunted Addams for the next two years as she traveled through Europe, and she hoped to find a way to ease such suffering. Five years later, she visited Toynbee Hall, a London settlement house, and resolved to replicate the experiment in the U.S. On September 18, 1889, Jane Addams and her friend Ellen Starr moved into the second floor of a rundown mansion in Chicago's West Side. From the outset, they imagined Hull-House as a "center for a higher civic and social life" in the industrial districts of the city. Addams, Starr, and several like-minded individuals lived and worked among the poor, establishing (among other things) art classes, discussion groups, cooperatives, a kindergarten, a coffee house, a lending library, and a gymnasium. In a time when many well-to-do Americans were beginning to feel threatened by immigrants, Hull-House embraced them, showed them the true meaning of democracy, and served as a center for philanthropic efforts throughout Chicago.
Hull-House also provided an outlet for the energies of the first generation of female college graduates, who were educated for work yet prevented from doing it. In some respects, however, Addams's impressive work, often hailed by historians as "revolutionary," was nothing of the sort. She embraced the sexual stereotypes of her day, and, though she was clearly an independent woman, soothed public fears by acting primarily in the traditional roles of nurturer and caregiver. Hull-House was a rousing success, and it inspired others to follow in Addams's footsteps.
Though Twenty Years at Hull-House is meant to be an autobiography, it is Hull-House itself that stands in the spotlight. Addams devotes the first third of the book to her upbringing and influences, but the remainder focuses on the organization she built--and the benefits accruing to those who work with the poor as well as to the poor themselves. At times Addams's prose is difficult to follow, but her ideals and her actions are truly inspiring. A classic work of history--and a model for today's would-be philanthropists. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Ranging from Marx and Derrida to Friedrich Hayek and Alvin Toffler, Scott Cutler Shershow here explores the predictions of political thinkers on both the left and the right that work is fundamentally changing, or even disappearing; the debates among anthropologists and historians about an archaic gift-economy that preceded capitalism and might reemerge in its wake; contemporary political battles over charity and social welfare; and attempts by modern and postmodern artists to destabilize the work of art as we know it.
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