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- The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: The Working Class in American History
summary
In The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age, Rosanne Currarino traces the struggle to define the nature of democratic life in an era of industrial strife. As Americans confronted the glaring disparity between democracy's promises of independence and prosperity and the grim realities of economic want and wage labor, they asked, "What should constitute full participation in American society? What standard of living should citizens expect and demand?" Currarino traces the diverse efforts to answer to these questions, from the fledgling trade union movement to contests over immigration, from economic theory to popular literature, from legal debates to social reform. The contradictory answers that emerged--one stressing economic participation in a consumer society, the other emphasizing property ownership and self-reliance--remain pressing today as contemporary scholars, journalists, and social critics grapple with the meaning of democracy in post-industrial America.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. 4
- Copyright Page
- pp. 5-7
- Table of Contents
- pp. 8-9
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- 5. The End of the Labor Question
- pp. 114-145
- Afterword. Residues of the Labor Question
- pp. 146-151
- Back Cover
- p. 234
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252090103
Related ISBN(s)
9780252035708, 9780252077869
MARC Record
OCLC
841172530
Pages
232
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011