Purchase
THERE IS POWER IN A UNION
By: Philip Dray
The Epic Story of Labor in America
Doubleday
September 2010
On Sale: September 7, 2010
784 pages
ISBN: 0385526296
EAN: 9780385526296
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction
From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the industrial age to the present day. From the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, the first real factories in America, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the conΒtest between labor and capital for their share of American bounty has shaped our national experience. Philip Drayβs ambition is to show us the vital accomplishments of organized labor in that time and illuminate its central role in our social, political, economic, and cultural evolution. There Is Power in a Union is an epic, character-driven narrative that locates this struggle for security and dignity in all its various settings: on picket lines and in union halls, jails, assembly lines, corporate boardrooms, the courts, the halls of Congress, and the White House. The author demonstrates, viscerally and dramatically, the urgency of the fight for fairness and economic democracyβa struggle that remains especially urgent today, when ordinary Americans are so anxious and beset by ecoΒnomic woes.
 Media BuzzDaily Show with Jon Stewart - October 6, 2010
| 
© 2003-2026