Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-330) and index.
Contents:
Labor and the progressives, 1902-1916. A first experiment : the workingmen and Reform Party, 1865-1869 -- Sorting out the possible : strikes, lobbying, and independent political parties, 1870-1882 -- A political ally : Robert M. McLane and labor reform, 1883-1885 -- The drive for shorter hours and a final effort in independent politics : 1886 -- Producer cooperation, worker education, and political reform, 1886-1893 -- Labor, its allies, and the sweatshop evil, 1892-1902 -- Labor and the progressives, 1902-1916.
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