Between craft and class : skilled workers and factory politics in the United States and Britain, 1890-1922 /

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...

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Auteur principal: Haydu, Jeffrey
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1988.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501040
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Résumé: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 fo.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (x, 302 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index.
ISBN:0585121826
9780585121826
0520060601
9780520060609
9780520314160
0520314166