Labor Visions and State Power: The Origins of Business Unionism in the United States (Princeton Studies in American Politics : Historical, Internati) [Hardcover]

Victoria C. Hattam (Author)

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Publication Date: November 1992 | Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics : Historical, Internati

This study explains why labour has played a more limited role in US national politics than it has in many other industrial societies. It documents how the American Federation of Labor developed a deep mistrust of politics and devised other means of advancing its workers' interests.

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Hardcover: 266 pages
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr (November 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 069107870X
ISBN-13: 978-0691078700
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,969,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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