Trade Unions and Community: The German Working Class in New York City, 1870-1900 - Rilegato

Schneider, Dorothee

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ISBN 10: 025202057X ISBN 13: 9780252020575

Casa editrice: Univ of Illinois Pr, 1994

Riassunto

In Trade Unions and Community Dorothee Schneider argues that German unions played a vital role in building community for German immigrants in North America. More than other organizations such as churches or regional groups, Schneider maintains, trade unions were in the best position to build community in a new, rapidly changing industrial society.
Why were the unions so well suited to the development of the German-American working class and its integration into North American society and politics? What was the effect of the trade unions' central role on the community as a whole? Did these unions carry their community-building role into the American trade union movement in general? To answer these questions, Schneider focuses on German-American skilled workers, portraying a group of immigrants who brought from Europe not just their pre-industrial traditions but also a wealth of experience in industrialized settings and a diverse political culture.
Examining bakers, brewery workers, and cigar makers, she highlights the origins of the political culture of the American immigrant working class in a new way. Schneider argues that, in spite of the contradictory interests of traditionalists, political progressives, and assimilationists, German-American workers favored a centralized craft unionism and thus became backers of Samuel Gompers's American Federation of Labor.

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L'autore:

Dorothee Schneider is an assistant professor of labor relations and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Product Description:

Book by Schneider Dorothee

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Illinois Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 025202057X
• ISBN 13: 9780252020575
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 296