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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959382303321

Autore

Phelan Craig <1958->

Titolo

Grand Master Workman : Terence Powderly and the Knights of Labor / / Craig Phelan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, c2000

ISBN

9781567508840

1567508847

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Contributions in labor studies, , 0886-8239 ; ; no. 55

Disciplina

331.88/092

B

Soggetti

Labor unions - United States - History

Labor movement - United States - History

Radicalism - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A Child of Industrial America: January 1849 - September 1879 -- Chapter 2 Building a National Movement: September 1879 - September 1881 -- Chapter 3 Growth and Its Discontents: September 1881 - September 1883 -- Chapter 4 A Multiplicity of Goals: September 1883 - September 1885 -- Chapter 5 The Great Upheaval: September 1885 - September 1888 -- Chapter 6 Failure of a Dream: September 1888 - June 1924 -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was the most ambitious and significant labor organization of the Gilded Age.As the charismatic leader of this group, Terence Powderly was America's first nationally known labor leader, the first to achieve a high degree of recognition from working people, industrialists, and politicians across the continent.