History of the Labor Movement in the U.S. Vol 2: From the Foundi

Labor movement

By Philip S. Foner

This volume begins with the expansion of industry in 1880, the emergence of a socialist movement, the Knights of Labor and the fight for the 8-hour day. Haymarket, the Homestead steel strike, the Pullman strike and the American Railway Union are covered, as well as the Populist movement, the struggles against the big trusts and the role of labor and the emergence of American imperialism in the Spanish-American war.

"...ably written, well organized and carefully documented, will prove of value to all students of American labor history."
-Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

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