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* Lichtenstein, Nelson. ''State of the Union: A Century of American Labor'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/State-Union-American-Politics-Twentieth/dp/0691116547/ref=sr_1_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194846925&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] | * Lichtenstein, Nelson. ''State of the Union: A Century of American Labor'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/State-Union-American-Politics-Twentieth/dp/0691116547/ref=sr_1_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194846925&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Perlman, Selig. ''A History of Trade Unionism in the United States'' 1922 - 313 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=3NYJAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22american+federation+of+labor%22&as_brr=1&sig=feOVr0PoLQ2WmgUEIYd9F8P66UU online edition] | * Perlman, Selig. ''A History of Trade Unionism in the United States'' 1922 - 313 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=3NYJAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22american+federation+of+labor%22&as_brr=1&sig=feOVr0PoLQ2WmgUEIYd9F8P66UU online edition] | ||
* Taylor, Paul F. '' The ABC-CLIO Companion to the American Labor Movement'' (1993) 237pp; short encyclopedia | |||
* Zieger, Robert H., and Gilbert J. Gall, ''American Workers, American Unions: The Twentieth Century''(3rd ed. 2002) [http://www.amazon.com/American-Workers-Unions-Twentieth-Century/dp/080187078X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/103-4827826-5463040 excerpt and text search] | |||
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*Laslett, John H. M. ''Labor and the Left: A Study of Socialist and Radical Influences in the American Labor Movement, 1881-1924'' (1970) | *Laslett, John H. M. ''Labor and the Left: A Study of Socialist and Radical Influences in the American Labor Movement, 1881-1924'' (1970) | ||
*Karson, Marc. ''American Labor Unions and Politics, 1900-1918'' (1958) | *Karson, Marc. ''American Labor Unions and Politics, 1900-1918'' (1958) | ||
* Laidler, Harry Wellington. ''Boycotts and the Labor Struggle Economic and Legal Aspects'' (1913), 488pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=K_BAAAAAIAAJ&dq=inauthor:harry+inauthor:laidler&num=30&as_brr= complete text online] | |||
*McCartin, Joseph A. ''’Labor's Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/Labor%C3%86s-Great-War-Industrial-Democracy/dp/0807846791/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194847835&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] | *McCartin, Joseph A. ''’Labor's Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/Labor%C3%86s-Great-War-Industrial-Democracy/dp/0807846791/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194847835&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Mandel, Bernard. ''Samuel Gompers: A Biography'' (1963) [http://www.questia.com/read/14119763 online edition] | * Mandel, Bernard. ''Samuel Gompers: A Biography'' (1963) [http://www.questia.com/read/14119763 online edition] | ||
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*Quint, Howard H. ''The Forging of American Socialism: Origins of the Modern Movement'' (1964) | *Quint, Howard H. ''The Forging of American Socialism: Origins of the Modern Movement'' (1964) | ||
*Warne, Colston E. ed. ''The Steel Strike of 1919'' (1963), primary and secondary documents | *Warne, Colston E. ed. ''The Steel Strike of 1919'' (1963), primary and secondary documents | ||
* Warne, Frank Julian. ''The Workers at War'' (1920) 250pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=oLozAAAAMAAJ&dq=subject:%22Working+class%22+date:1910-2007&num=100&as_brr=1 copmplete text online] | |||
*Zieger, Robert. ''Republicans and Labor, 1919-1929.'' (1969) | *Zieger, Robert. ''Republicans and Labor, 1919-1929.'' (1969) | ||
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* American Federation of Labor. ''American Federation of Labor: History, Encyclopedia, Reference Book'' (1919) 474pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=L1oZhnUhxIoC&dq=Commons+%27%27History+of+Labor%22&as_brr=1 online edition] | * American Federation of Labor. ''American Federation of Labor: History, Encyclopedia, Reference Book'' (1919) 474pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=L1oZhnUhxIoC&dq=Commons+%27%27History+of+Labor%22&as_brr=1 online edition] | ||
* Commons, John R. et al., eds. ''A Documentary History of American Industrial Society'' (1911), vol 10, ''Labor Movement, 1860-1880''. 375pp collection of primary documents; [http://books.google.com/books?id=FCNY3KQhoJ0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Working+class%22&num=30&as_brr=1#PPA5,M1 complete text online] | |||
* Dubofsky, Melvyn, and Joseph A. McCartin, eds. ''American Labor: A Documentary History'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/American-Labor-Documentary-Melvyn-Dubofsky/dp/0312295642/ref=sr_1_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194847835&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] | * Dubofsky, Melvyn, and Joseph A. McCartin, eds. ''American Labor: A Documentary History'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/American-Labor-Documentary-Melvyn-Dubofsky/dp/0312295642/ref=sr_1_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194847835&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Gompers, Samuel. ''Seventy Years of Life and Labor: An Autobiography'' (1925) [http://www.questia.com/read/62031927 online edition] | * Gompers, Samuel. ''Seventy Years of Life and Labor: An Autobiography'' (1925) [http://www.questia.com/read/62031927 online edition] | ||
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* Millie Beik, ed. ''Labor Relations: Major Issues in American History'' (2005) over 100 annotated primary documents (1961) | * Millie Beik, ed. ''Labor Relations: Major Issues in American History'' (2005) over 100 annotated primary documents (1961) | ||
*Reuther, Walter. ''Walter P. Reuther: Selected Papers'' edited by Henry M. Christman, (1962) [http://www.questia.com/read/80977414 online edition] | *Reuther, Walter. ''Walter P. Reuther: Selected Papers'' edited by Henry M. Christman, (1962) [http://www.questia.com/read/80977414 online edition] | ||
* [http://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=100&as_brr=1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_libcat=0&as_brr=1&as_vt=&as_auth=&as_pub=&as_sub=%22Working+class%22&as_drrb=c&as_miny=1910&as_maxy=&as_isbn= online books 1910-1922] | |||
Revision as of 05:41, 12 November 2007
This is an annotated bibliography of the most useful scholarly books and articles.
Surveys
- Arnesen, Eric, ed. Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History (2006), 2064pp; 650 articles by experts excerpt and text search
- Beard, Mary Ritter. A Short History of the American Labor Movement 1920 - 176 pages online edition
- Beik, Millie, ed. Labor Relations: Major Issues in American History (2005) over 100 annotated primary documents excerpt and text search
- Boris, Eileen, Nelson Lichtenstein, and Thomas Paterson. Major Problems In The History Of American Workers: Documents and Essays )2002)
- Brody, David. In Labor's Cause: Main Themes on the History of the American Worker (1993) excerpt and text search
- Dubofsky, Melvyn, and Foster Rhea Dulles. Labor in America: A History (2004), textbook
- Dubofsky, Melvyn, and Warren Van Tine, eds. Labor Leaders in America (1987) biographies of key leaders, written by scholars excerpt and text search
- LeBlanc, Paul. A Short History of the U.S. Working Class: From Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century (1999), 160pp excerpt and text search
- Lichtenstein, Nelson. State of the Union: A Century of American Labor (2003) excerpt and text search
- Perlman, Selig. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States 1922 - 313 pages online edition
- Taylor, Paul F. The ABC-CLIO Companion to the American Labor Movement (1993) 237pp; short encyclopedia
- Zieger, Robert H., and Gilbert J. Gall, American Workers, American Unions: The Twentieth Century(3rd ed. 2002) excerpt and text search
To 1900
- Commons, John R. History of Labour in the United States - vol 1 and Vol. 2 1860-1896 (1918) vol 2 online edition
- John R. Commons, "American Shoemakers, 1648-1895: A Sketch of Industrial Evolution," Quarterly Journal of Economics 24 (November, 1909), 39-83. in JSTOR
- John R. Commons, ed. Trade Unionism and Labor Problems (1905) articles by experts on unions and working condition online edition
- Grob, Gerald N. Workers and Utopia: A Study of Ideological Conflict in the American Labor Movement, 1865-1900 (1961) online edition
- Hall, John P. "The Knights of St. Crispin in Massachusetts, 1869-1878," Journal of Economic History 18 (June, 1958), p 161-175 in JSTOR
- Laslett, John H. M. Labor and the Left: A Study of Socialist and Radical Influences in the American Labor Movement, 1881-1924 (1970) online edition
- Livesay, Harold C. Samuel Gompers and Organized Labor in America (1993)
- Mandel, Bernard. Samuel Gompers: A Biography (1963) online edition
- Orth, Samuel P. The Armies of Labor: A Chronicle of the Organized Wage-Earners (1919) short overview online edition]
- Van Tine, Warren R. The Making of the Labor Bureaucrat: Union Leadership in the United States, 1870-1920 (1973) online edition
- Voss, Kim. The Making of American Exceptionalism: The Knights of Labor and Class Formation in the Nineteenth Century (1993) online edition
- Weir, Robert E. Beyond Labor's Veil: The Culture of the Knights of Labor (1996) online edition
- Bibliography of online resources on railway labor in late 19th century
1900-1932
- Bernstein, Irving. The Lean Years: A History of the American Worker, 1920-33 (1966), the best overview of the era
- Brody, David. Labor in Crisis: The Steel Strike of 1919 (1965)
- Dubofsky, Melvyn and Warren Van Tine. John L. Lewis: A Biography (1986)
- Brody, David. Labor in Crisis: The Steel Strike of 1919 (1965)
- Faue, Elizabeth. Community of Suffering & Struggle: Women, Men, and the Labor Movement in Minneapolis, 1915-1945 (1991)
- Fraser, Steve. Labor Will Rule: Sidney Hillman and the Rise of American Labor (1993)
- Gordon, Colin. New Deals: Business, Labor, and Politics, 1920-1935 (1994)
- Greene, Julie. Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917 (1998) online edition
- Hooker, Clarence. Life in the Shadows of the Crystal Palace, 1910-1927: Ford Workers in the Model T Era (1997)
- Laslett, John H. M. Labor and the Left: A Study of Socialist and Radical Influences in the American Labor Movement, 1881-1924 (1970)
- Karson, Marc. American Labor Unions and Politics, 1900-1918 (1958)
- Laidler, Harry Wellington. Boycotts and the Labor Struggle Economic and Legal Aspects (1913), 488pp complete text online
- McCartin, Joseph A. ’Labor's Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921 (1997) excerpt and text search
- Mandel, Bernard. Samuel Gompers: A Biography (1963) online edition
- Meyer, Stephen. The Five Dollar Day: Labor Management and Social Control in the Ford Motor Company, 1908-1921 (1981)
- Mink, Gwendolyn. Old Labor and New Immigrants in American Political Development: Union, Party, and State, 1875-1920 (1986)
- Orth, Samuel P. The Armies of Labor: A Chronicle of the Organized Wage-Earners (1919) short overview
- Quint, Howard H. The Forging of American Socialism: Origins of the Modern Movement (1964)
- Warne, Colston E. ed. The Steel Strike of 1919 (1963), primary and secondary documents
- Warne, Frank Julian. The Workers at War (1920) 250pp copmplete text online
- Zieger, Robert. Republicans and Labor, 1919-1929. (1969)
1932 - 1955
- Bernstein, Irving. Turbulent Years: A History of the American Worker, 1933-1941 (1970), the best overview of the era
- Campbell, D'Ann. "Sisterhood versus the Brotherhoods: Women in Unions" Women at War With America: Private Lives in a Patriotic Era (1984).
- Dubofsky, Melvyn and Warren Van Time John L. Lewis (1986).
- Faue, Elizabeth. Community of Suffering & Struggle: Women, Men, and the Labor Movement in Minneapolis, 1915-1945 (1991), social history
- Fraser, Steve. Labor Will Rule: Sidney Hillman and the Rise of American Labor (1993).
- Galenson, Walter. The CIO Challenge to the AFL: A History of the American Labor Movement, 1935-1941 (1960) online edition
- Gordon, Colin. New Deals: Business, Labor, and Politics, 1920-1935 (1994)
- Jensen, Richard J. "The Causes and Cures of Unemployment in the Great Depression," Journal of Interdisciplinary History 19 (1989) p. 553-83 in JSTOR
- Kennedy, David M. Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. (1999) recent scholarly synthesis. online edition
- Kersten, Andrew. Labor's Home Front: The American Federation of Labor during World War II (2006) excerpt and text search
- Lichtenstein, Nelson. Labor's War at Home: The CIO in World War II (2003)
- Miller, Sally M., and Daniel A. Cornford eds. American Labor in the Era of World War II (1995), essays by historians, mostly on California online edition
- Millis, Harry A. and Royal E. Montgomery. Organized Labor (1945) online edition
- Millis, Harry A. How Collective Bargaining Works: A Survey of Experience in Leading American Industries (1942) online edition
- Preis, Art. Labor's Giant Step (1964), leftwing views
- Seidman; Joel. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen: The Internal Political Life of a National Union (1962) online edition
- Vittoz, Stanley. New Deal Labor Policy and the American Industrial Economy (1987)
- Zieger, Robert H. The CIO, 1935-1955 (1995) online edition
Fair Employment FEPC
- William J. Collins, "Race, Roosevelt, and Wartime Production: Fair Employment in World War II Labor Markets," American Economic Review 91:1 (March 2001), pp. 272-286
- Andrew Edmund Kersten, Race, Jobs, and the War: The FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-46 (2000) online review
- Merl E. Reed. Seedtime for the Modern Civil Rights Movement: The President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice, 1941-1946 (1991)
Taft-Hartley and the NLRA
- Abraham, Steven E. "The Impact of the Taft-Hartley Act on the Balance of Power in Industrial Relations" American Business Law Journal Vol. 33, 1996
- Ballam, Deborah A. "The Impact of the National Labor Relations Act on the U.S. Labor Movement" American Business Law Journal, Vol. 32, 1995
- Brooks, George W., Milton Derber, David A. McCabe, Philip Taft. Interpreting the Labor Movement (1952)
- Gilbert J. Gall, The Politics of Right to Work: The Labor Federations as Special Interests, 1943-1979 (1988)
- Fred A. Hartley Jr. and Robert A. Taft. Our New National Labor Policy: The Taft-Hartley Act and the Next Steps (1948)
- Lee, R. Alton. Truman and Taft-Hartley: A Question of Mandate (1966)
- Millis, Harry A., and Emily Clark Brown. From the Wagner Act to Taft-Hartley: A Study of National Labor Policy and Labor Relations (1950)
Walter Reuther and CIO
- Boyle, Kevin. The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945-1968 (1995)
- Kornhauser, Arthur et al. When Labor Votes: A Study of Auto Workers (1956)
- Lichtenstein, Nelson. The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor (1995) online edition
- Lichtenstein, Nelson and Stephen Meyer, eds. On the Line: Essays in the History of Auto Work (1989)
1955 - 2007
- Dark; Taylor E. The Unions and the Democrats: An Enduring Alliance Cornell University Press. 1999 online edition
- Fantasia, Rick, and Kim Voss. Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement (2004)
- Galenson, Walter; The American Labor Movement, 1955-1995 (1996) online edition
- Arthur J. Goldberg; AFL-CIO, Labor United (1956)
- Leiter, Robert D. The Teamsters Union: A Study of Its Economic Impact (1957) online edition
- Mort, Jo-Ann. ed. Not Your Father's Union Movement: Inside the AFL-CIO" (2002) excerpt and text search
Primary sources
- American Federation of Labor. American Federation of Labor: History, Encyclopedia, Reference Book (1919) 474pp online edition
- Commons, John R. et al., eds. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society (1911), vol 10, Labor Movement, 1860-1880. 375pp collection of primary documents; complete text online
- Dubofsky, Melvyn, and Joseph A. McCartin, eds. American Labor: A Documentary History (2004) excerpt and text search
- Gompers, Samuel. Seventy Years of Life and Labor: An Autobiography (1925) online edition
- The Samuel Gompers Papers (1986- ) definitive multivolume edition of all important letters to and from Gompers. 9 volumes have been completed to 1917. The index is online. For details and more on Gompers see [1]
- Millie Beik, ed. Labor Relations: Major Issues in American History (2005) over 100 annotated primary documents (1961)
- Reuther, Walter. Walter P. Reuther: Selected Papers edited by Henry M. Christman, (1962) online edition
- online books 1910-1922