The Workers' Movement in the United States, 1879–1885

by August Sartorius von Waltershausen , Edited by David Montgomery , Marcel van der Linden , Translated by Harry Drost , In collaboration with Jan Gielkins , Gregory Zieren

• ISBN13: 9780521026086
• ISBN10: 0521026083
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852-1938) was an eminent German economist who visited the United States at the beginning of the 1880s and wrote a series of articles on the US labor movement, which were published in Germany. His training in the historical school of economics provided him with a different perspective from that of laissez-faire economists or socialists of his time. The articles are translated in this book, and presented with a biographical essay by Marcel van der Linden and Gregory Zieren and with an essay on his contribution to the writing of American labor history by David Montgomery. This book provides rich insights into the character of American workers' organizations as they recovered from the depression of the 1870s, before the establishment of strong national institutions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction David Montgomery

2. August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852-1938), German Political Economy and Amerian Labor Marcel van der Linden and Gregory Zieren

3. The trade unions in the United States of America August Sartorius von Waltershausen

4. Boycotts: a new trade union weapon in the United States August Sartorius von Waltershausen

5. Relief Funds in the United States August Sartorius von Waltershausen

6. Bibliography of Sartorius von Waltershausen's Writings Jan Gielkens

Index.