If the Workers Took a Notion
Josiah Bartlett Lambert
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Paperback. Series: ILR Press Book. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Once a fundamental civic right, strikes are now constrained and contested. In an unusual and thought-provoking history, Josiah Bartlett Lambert shows how the ability to strike was transformed from a fundamental right that made the citizenship of working people possible into a conditional and commercialized function. Arguing that the executive branch, rather than the judicial branch, was initially responsible for the shift in attitudes about the necessity for strikes and that the rise of liberalism has contributed to the erosion of strikers' rights, Lambert analyzes this transformation in relation to American political thought. His narrative begins before the Civil War ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
ILR Press Book
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801489457
SKU
V9780801489457
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About Josiah Bartlett Lambert
Josiah Bartlett Lambert is Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Bonaventure University.
Reviews for If the Workers Took a Notion
""If the Workers Took a Notion" is a superb read; its prose is bold, dramatic, and pointed. It offers a comprehensive and gripping overview of the history of labor relations in the United States from the Civil War to the present with a focus throughout on the right to strike. Attentive to the tortured history and dim prospects for such ... Read more