The Workers' Movement in the United States, 1879-1885

by August Sartorius von Waltershausen, David Montgomery, Marcel van der Linden, Harry Drost, Jan Gielkins

Overview

August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852-1938) was an eminent German economist who visited the United States at the beginning of the 1880s and wrote a series of articles on the U.S. labor movement. His training in the historical school of economics provided him with a different perspective from that of laissez-faire economists or socialists of his time. The articles, presented in this book with two essays, provide rich insights into the character of American workers' organizations as they recovered from the 1870s depression, before the establishment of strong national institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521630214
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/13/1998
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction David Montgomery; 2. August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852–1938), German political economy, and American labor Marcel van der Linden and Gregory Zieren; 3. The trade unions in the United States of America August Sartorius von Waltershausen; 4. Boycotts: a new trade union weapon in the United States August Sartorius von Waltershausen; 5. Relief funds in the United States August Sartorius von Waltershausen; 6. Bibliography of Sartorius von Waltershausen's writings Jan Gielkens; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...makes a notable contribution to the collective project of understanding America's peculiar labor politics." Gerald Friedman, The Journal of American History

"As valuable as the specific information offered by Sartorius is, what stands out most in The Workers' Movement in the United States is his ability to capture the range of goals, tactics, impulses, and motivations that animated American workers across regions and a multitude of trades. The publication of this selection of Sartorius' articles makes available to English-language readers a rarely consulted but extraordinarily rich and insightful study of American trade union and working-class perspectives and practices in the late-19th century." Eric Arnesen, Labor History

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