U S Labor History Books

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Strike! Strike! (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 243 ratings — published 1972
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Who Built America? Vol. 1: Working People and the Nation's History Who Built America? Vol. 1: Working People and the Nation's History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 75 ratings — published 1990
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On Strike for Respect: The Clerical and Technical Workers' Strike at Yale University, 1984-85 On Strike for Respect: The Clerical and Technical Workers' Strike at Yale University, 1984-85 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.42 — 31 ratings — published 1988
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Meatpackers: An Oral History of Black Packinghouse Workers and Their Struggle for Racial and Economic Equality Meatpackers: An Oral History of Black Packinghouse Workers and Their Struggle for Racial and Economic Equality (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 15 ratings — published 1996
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Hard-Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement Hard-Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.89 — 27 ratings — published 1992
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Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 155 ratings — published 1999
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Taking Care of Business: Samuel Gompers, George Meany, Lane Kirkland, and the Tragedy of American Labor Taking Care of Business: Samuel Gompers, George Meany, Lane Kirkland, and the Tragedy of American Labor (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 19 ratings — published 1999
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Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 101 ratings — published 1999
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Who Built America? V 2: Work.People&the Nation's Econom.Polit.Cult.Soc Who Built America? V 2: Work.People&the Nation's Econom.Polit.Cult.Soc (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.09 — 89 ratings — published 1992
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State of the Union: A Century of American Labor State of the Union: A Century of American Labor (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 168 ratings — published 2002
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The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Haymarket Series) The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Haymarket Series)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,351 ratings — published 1991
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Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54 (Working Class in American History) Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54 (Working Class in American History)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.32 — 22 ratings — published 1997
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Yankee unions, go home: How the AFL helped the U.S. build an empire in Latin America (Trade unions and imperialism in America) Yankee unions, go home: How the AFL helped the U.S. build an empire in Latin America (Trade unions and imperialism in America)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1978
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Cio's Left-led Unions (Class and Culture Series) Cio's Left-led Unions (Class and Culture Series)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 1992
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The New Women's Labor History The New Women's Labor History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006
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Women & the American Labor Movement Women & the American Labor Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.47 — 15 ratings — published 1979
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The CIO, 1935-1955 The CIO, 1935-1955 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 29 ratings — published 1995
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Battling for American Labor: Wobblies, Craft Workers, and the Making of the Union Movement Battling for American Labor: Wobblies, Craft Workers, and the Making of the Union Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.55 — 11 ratings — published 1999
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Cold War in the Working Class: The Rise and Decline of the United Electrical Workers (American Labor History (Dis)) Cold War in the Working Class: The Rise and Decline of the United Electrical Workers (American Labor History (Dis))
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 1994
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Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II (Working Class in American History) Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II (Working Class in American History)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.56 — 25 ratings — published 1986
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America's Working Women: A Documentary History, 1600 to the Present (Sara F. Yoseloff Memorial Publications) America's Working Women: A Documentary History, 1600 to the Present (Sara F. Yoseloff Memorial Publications)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.86 — 28 ratings — published 1976
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Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,102 ratings — published 1989
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Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 142 ratings — published 2001
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The Triangle Fire, Protocols Of Peace: And Industrial Democracy In Progressive (Labor In Crisis) The Triangle Fire, Protocols Of Peace: And Industrial Democracy In Progressive (Labor In Crisis)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 2005
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From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 275 ratings — published 2000
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"Negro and White, Unite and Fight!": A Social History of Industrial Unionism in Meatpacking, 1930-90 "Negro and White, Unite and Fight!": A Social History of Industrial Unionism in Meatpacking, 1930-90 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 14 ratings — published 1997
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Cannery Women, Cannery Lives: Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950 Cannery Women, Cannery Lives: Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.73 — 108 ratings — published 1987
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Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894-1922 (Working Class in American History) Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894-1922 (Working Class in American History)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.66 — 35 ratings — published 1987
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Labor in America: A History Labor in America: A History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.73 — 71 ratings — published 1949
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Left Out: Reds and America's Industrial Unions Left Out: Reds and America's Industrial Unions (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.48 — 23 ratings — published 2002
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Divided We Stand: American Workers and the Struggle for Black Equality (Politics and Society in Modern America) Divided We Stand: American Workers and the Struggle for Black Equality (Politics and Society in Modern America)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.53 — 19 ratings — published 2000
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The Pullman Case: The Clash of Labor and Capital in Industrial America (Landmark Law Cases & American Society) The Pullman Case: The Clash of Labor and Capital in Industrial America (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 32 ratings — published 1999
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as u-s-labor-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 261,689 ratings — published 1980
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