Between Craft and Class: Skilled Workers and Factory Politics in the United States and Britain, 1890-1922 - Couverture rigide

Haydu, Jeffrey

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0520060601 ISBN 13 : 9780520060609

Editeur : University of California Press, 1988

Synopsis

Between Craft and Class provides an incisive new look at workers' responses to the momentous economic changes surrounding them in the early years of the twentieth century. In this work, Haydu focuses on the reaction of skilled metal workers to new production methods that threatened time-honored craft traditions. He finds that the workers' responses to industrial change varied--some defended the status quo, while others agreed to trade customary rules for economic rewards. Under some conditions class protest arose, as workers of diverse skills and trades joined to demand a greater voice in the management of industry. Between Craft and Class explores how broadly based movements for workers' control developed during this critical period, and why they ultimately failed. Comparing workers in the United States and Britain, Haydu's scholarship is distinguished by extensive primary source research and provocative theoretical insights. In its scope and depth, this book will ree current notions of craft politics and working-class radicalism during this period.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520060601
• ISBN 13: 9780520060609
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
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• Personne responsable: non disponible