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American Workers, American Unions: The Twentieth Century (The American Moment) Paperback – December 11, 2002

by Robert H. Zieger (Author), Gilbert J. Gall (Author)

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Highly acclaimed and widely read, American Workers, American Unions (first published in 1986, revised ed. 1994) provides a concise and compelling history of American workers and their unions in twentieth-century America. This new edition features new chapters on the pre–1920 period, as well as an entirely new final chapter that covers developments of the 1980s and 1990s in detail. There the authors explore how economic change, union stagnation, and antilabor policies have combined to erode workers' standards and labor's influence in the political arena over the last two decades. They review current "alternatives to unionism" as means of achieving fair workplace representations but insist that strong unions remain essential in a democratic society. They argue that labor's new responsiveness to the concerns of women, minority groups, and low-wage workers, as well as its resurgent political activism, offer new hope for trade unionism. Also included in this third edition is new bibliographical material and a regularly updated on-line link to an extended bibliographical essay.

Print length

312 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date

December 11, 2002
Dimensions

6 x 0.81 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

080187078X
ISBN-13

978-0801870781
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This book is one of the best concise surveys of American labor history.

(Thomas A. Castillo Enterprise and Society)

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What this little book does, and does engagingly and perceptively, is to analyze the cyclical fortunes of organized labor... Eminently successful.

(Peter J. Coleman History)

An excellent supplementary text for undergraduate courses in industrial relations and labor economics.

(Harry P. Cohany Monthly Labor Review)

A helping of sober truth about the American labor movement and its politics... Zieger is fair and objective, and writes in a style that can be read with pleasure and understanding by both academics and truck drivers.

(John C. Cort New Oxford Review)

A balanced, intelligent introduction to the historic themes of modern American labor relations.

(John Hennen Labor Studies Journal)

We can thank Zieger for giving us a strong and often moving account of what he calls the most important period in American working-class history.

(Richard Boyden Journal of American History)

Zieger provides a broad overview of organized labor since 1920. His book, virtually the only available survey that includes the years after World War II, is highly readable and surprisingly concise.

(Darryl Holter Journal of Social History)

There is much to recommend American Workers, American Unions. It is a valuable, comprehensive, and peerless survey of modern American labor history. Zieger deftly parses such complex subjects as the origin and role of the National Labor Relations Board, the expulsion of the so-called communist-dominated unions from the CIO, and the evolution of the 'workplace rule of law.' The book also is, if not the only, then certainly the best treatment of the post-1950 decades.

(Nancy F. Gabin Labor History)

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Johns Hopkins University Press; 3rd edition (December 11, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080187078X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801870781
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.81 x 9 inches

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Lola9123

Good book

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2012

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It is a good book that came in handy for one of my college classes. Really tells you about how the unions and workplaces are.

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Donald P. Taylor

Favorite One-Volume History

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2007

This is by far my favorite single-volume book of labor history. It's a well-researched, balanced survey of the 20th century, scholarly yet highly readable. I have assigned it as initial reading in graduate-level labor relations courses to lay a historical foundation, and students have given postive feedback on the book (mirroring my comments above).

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James

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Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2009

I thought I would get a bit more insight into unions, but this has such a pro-union slant on it that it sickens me. I work in a union that gives us no choice but to pay and they call it "fair" share. What is so fair about forcing people to pay? Anyways there isnt a book out there that I have found that gives an unbiased view of the unions, or even an unbiased history of labor unions in america. If you really like unions then you should get this book and reinforce your false hope in these communist organizations. If you truly understand the damage that unions have caused and are looking for an actual good book that details the truth, in an unbiased fashion, of labor unions then look elsewhere.

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Kimberly Sanchez

Great read so far.

Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2014

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An easy reading historical account. I am interested in the topic but was worried the writing style might be dry. No worries. Its a nice read and well done.

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