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02278aam a2200301 i 4500 001 3AC1B95C955011E880A98A5497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180801010031 008 170724t20182018njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017022272 020 $a 1119065704 020 $a 9781119065708 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d FIE $d LX# $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Greenberg, Brian, $e author. 245 14 $a The dawning of American labor : $b the New Republic to the Industrial Age / $c Brian Greenberg. 264 1 $a Hoboken, NJ : $b John Wiley & Sons, Inc., $c 2018. 300 $a xii, 220 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a The American history series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a From the days of Thomas Jefferson, Americans believed that they could sustain a capitalist industrial economy without the class conflict or negative socioeconomic consequences experienced in Europe. This dream came crashing down in 1877 when the Great Strike, one of the most militant labor disputes in US history, convulsed the nation's railroads. In The Dawning of American Labor a leading scholar of American labor history draws upon first-hand accounts and the latest scholarship to offer a fascinating look at how Americans perceived and adapted to the shift from a largely agrarian economy to one dominated by manufacturing. For the generations following the Great Strike, "the Labor Problem" and the idea of class relations became a critical issue facing the nation. As Professor Greenberg makes clear in this lively, highly accessible historical exploration, the 1877 strike forever cast a shadow across one of the most deeply rooted articles of national faith the belief in American exceptionalism. What conditions produced the faith in a classless society? What went wrong? These questions lie at the heart of The Dawning of American Labor. -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Labor $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Labor movement $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Labor unions $z United States $x History. 941 $a 1 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20180801010708.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3AC1B95C955011E880A98A5497128E48 994 $a C0 $b LX#Initiate Another SILO Locator Search