Acknowledgments | p. IX |
Introduction | p. XI |
To 1877 | p. 1 |
Work and Labor / Management Relations | p. 5 |
William Bradford Recounts the Social Development of Plymouth Plantation, ca. 1647 | p. 7 |
Hugh Jones on White Indentured Servitude in Virginia, 1724 | p. 10 |
Charles Ball Describes a Typical Day on a Slave Plantation | p. 13 |
Harriet Farley, "Letter from Susan," 1844 | p. 16 |
Mark Twain on the Chinese Population of Virginia City, Nevada, 1872 | p. 21 |
The Union Movement | p. 25 |
William Otter Recalls His Unsuccessful Career as an Apprentice, 1835 | p. 26 |
William Manning's Plan for a "Labouring Society," 1798 | p. 30 |
Recruiting Song of the Journeymen Cordwainers, ca. 1790 | p. 33 |
Wendell Phillips Compares Northern Workers and Slaves, 1865 | p. 36 |
"Address of the National Labor Union to the People of the United States," 1870 | p. 39 |
Working-Class Culture | p. 43 |
Anonymous Account of the Astor Place Riot, 1849 | p. 44 |
Samuel Gompers Describes Cigar Rolling in His Autobiography | p. 49 |
Elizabeth Keckley Explains Why She Fought Back | p. 53 |
James Burn on Work, Community, and Mobility in Civil War America | p. 58 |
1877-1914 | p. 63 |
Work and Labor / Management Relations | p. 67 |
Clarence Darrow Considers the Labor Question, 1898 | p. 69 |
John Spargo Examines Child Labor in the Glassmaking Industry, 1906 | p. 73 |
Grace Potter Reports on Industrial Accidents in Niagara Falls, New York, 1913 | p. 78 |
Machinist Orrin Cheney Testifies to Congress on the Taylor System of Shop Management, 1911 | p. 83 |
The Union Movement | p. 87 |
Initiation Ceremony of the Knights of Labor, ca. 1880 | p. 88 |
Anonymous, "Lines on the Homestead Riots: Wednesday, July 6th, 1892" | p. 92 |
"Junius" Opposes American Imperialism, ca. 1898 | p. 96 |
Pearl Jolly Recalls the Ludlow Massacre, 1916 | p. 100 |
Working-Class Culture | p. 105 |
An Agent for the United States Immigration Commission Describes the Working Life of Prostitutes, ca. 1909 | p. 106 |
Margaret Byington Studies the Diet of Steelworkers and Their Families, 1910 | p. 110 |
Werner Sombart Analyzes "The Democratic Style of Public Life in America," 1906 | p. 114 |
Joe Hill, "The Preacher and the Slave," 1911 | p. 117 |
Francis H. McClean Reports on the Amusements of the Bowery, 1899 | p. 119 |
1914-1945 | p. 123 |
Work and Labor / Management Relations | p. 127 |
Mrs. L. L. Ray Outlines Welfare Capitalism in a New York Department Store, 1911 | p. 129 |
Whiting Williams Endures Long Hours Working in a Steel Mill, 1921 | p. 132 |
Paul Taylor on the "American-Mexican Frontier" | p. 136 |
Evelyn Gotzion Recalls Factory Work during World War II | p. 139 |
Mervyn Rathbone Testifies in Defense of the National Labor Relations Act, 1939 | p. 143 |
The Union Movement | p. 147 |
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Justifies Sabotage, 1916 | p. 148 |
Harvey O'Connor Remembers the Seattle General Strike, 1919 | p. 151 |
A. J. Muste Mourns Slain Textile Workers, 1929 | p. 157 |
Howard Kester on the Rout of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, 1935 | p. 160 |
Louis Adamic Lists the Virtues and Advantages of a Sitdown Strike, 1936 | p. 164 |
Working-Class Culture | p. 169 |
Lester Hunter, "I'd Rather Not Be on Relief," 1938 | p. 170 |
Vivian Morris Interviews an Unemployed Domestic Worker at the "Bronx Slave Market," 1938 | p. 173 |
Leadbelly, Songs of Depression and War, 1938 and 1944 | p. 177 |
Joseph Mitchell on McSorley's Saloon, 1940 | p. 180 |
1945-Present | p. 185 |
Work and Labor / Management Relations | p. 189 |
Roberto Acuna Recalls Life Growing Up as an Itinerant Farm Worker | p. 191 |
William Whyte Defines The Organization Man, 1957 | p. 195 |
Robin Leidner Works at McDonalds, 1980s | p. 199 |
Jeremy Rifkin Explains the Reasons for Technological Unemployment in the Information Age, 1995 | p. 203 |
The Union Movement | p. 207 |
James Lerner Remembers How McCarthyism Affected the United Electrical Workers | p. 208 |
John F. Kennedy Questions Jimmy Hoffa about Union Ethics, 1957 | p. 212 |
George Meany Testifies in Favor of Civil Rights Bills, 1963 | p. 216 |
Mike Hamlin on Black Workers' Disputes with the United Auto Workers, 1970 | p. 220 |
Working-Class Culture | p. 225 |
"Judith Ann" on Life in "The Secretarial Proletariat" | p. 226 |
Fred Cook Reports on Hardhats vs. Hippies, 1970 | p. 230 |
Ben Hamper on Coping with Life in an Automobile Factory | p. 235 |
"Keffo" Lays Out Patterns of Temp Worker Solidarity, ca. 1997 | p. 239 |
William Greider, from "One World, Ready or Not," 1997 | p. 242 |
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