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Workingmen's Democracy
Leon Fink
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Description for Workingmen's Democracy
Paperback. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor—the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century—Workingmen's Democracy explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions.
Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions
Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor—the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century—Workingmen's Democracy explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions.
Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
The Working Class in American History
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252012563
SKU
V9780252012563
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Leon Fink
Leon Fink is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His books include The Long Gilded Age: American Capitalism and the Lessons of a New World Order and Workers in Hard Times: A Long View of Economic Crises.
Reviews for Workingmen's Democracy
"The pick of a growing crop of studies on the American working class."
The Nation "An important work, the best of several recent volumes on the Knights."
American Historical Review
The Nation "An important work, the best of several recent volumes on the Knights."
American Historical Review