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A History of Trade Unionism in the United States By: Selig Perlman (1888-1959) |
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EDITED BY RICHARD T. ELY
A HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM IN THE UNITED STATES BY SELIG PERLMAN, PH.D. Assistant Professor of Economics in the University of Wisconsin;
Co author of the History of Labour in the United States New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1922
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1922 THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. October, 1922.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE The present History of Trade Unionism in the United States is in part
a summary of work in labor history by Professor John R. Commons and
collaborators at the University of Wisconsin from 1904 to 1918, and in
part an attempt by the author to carry the work further. Part I of the
present book is based on the History of Labour in the United States by
Commons and Associates (Introduction: John R. Commons; Colonial and
Federal Beginnings, to 1827: David J. Saposs; Citizenship, 1827 1833:
Helen L. Summer; Trade Unionism, 1833 1839: Edward B. Mittelman;
Humanitarianism, 1840 1860: Henry E. Hoagland; Nationalization,
1860 1877: John B. Andrews; and Upheaval and Reorganization, 1876 1896:
by the present author), published by the Macmillan Company in 1918 in
two volumes. Part II, "The Larger Career of Unionism," brings the story from 1897
down to date; and Part III, "Conclusions and Inferences," is an attempt
to bring together several of the general ideas suggested by the History.
Chapter 12, entitled "An Economic Interpretation," follows the line of
analysis laid down by Professor Commons in his study of the American
shoemakers, 1648 1895.[1] The author wishes to express his strong gratitude to Professors Richard
T. Ely and John R. Commons for their kind aid at every stage of this
work. He also wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Mr. Edwin E.
Witte, Director of the Wisconsin State Legislative Reference Library,
upon whose extensive and still unpublished researches he based his
summary of the history of the injunction; and to Professor Frederick L.
Paxson, who subjected the manuscript to criticism from the point of view
of General American History. S.P. FOOTNOTE: [1] See his Labor and Administration , Chapter XIV (Macmillan, 1913).
CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v
PART I. THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL CHAPTER 1 LABOR MOVEMENTS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR (1) Early Beginnings, to 1827 8
(2) Equal Citizenship, 1827 1832 9
(3) The Period of the "Wild Cat" Prosperity,
1833 1837 18
(4) The Long Depression, 1837 1862 29 2 THE "GREENBACK" PERIOD, 1862 1879 42 3 THE BEGINNING OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR AND OF
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR 68 4 REVIVAL AND UPHEAVAL, 1879 1887 81 5 THE VICTORY OF CRAFT UNIONISM AND THE FINAL
FAILURE OF PRODUCERS' COOPERATION 106 6 STABILIZATION, 1888 1897 130 7 TRADE UNIONISM AND THE COURTS 146
PART II. THE LARGER CAREER OF UNIONISM 8 PARTIAL RECOGNITION AND NEW DIFFICULTIES,
1898 1914 163 (1) The Miners 167
(2) The Railway Men 180
(3) The Machinery and Metal Trades 186
(4) The Employers' Reaction 190
(5) Legislation, Courts, and Politics 198 9 RADICAL UNIONISM AND A "COUNTER REFORMATION" 208 10 THE WAR TIME BALANCE SHEET 226 11 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 245
PART III. CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES 12 AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION 265 13 THE IDEALISTIC FACTOR 279 14 WHY THERE IS NOT AN AMERICAN LABOR PARTY 285 15 THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND
TRADE UNIONISM 295 BIBLIOGRAPHY 307
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