A Pictorial History of American Labor

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972. viii, 341 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with a creased front flap, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Workers of the World, Unite! CONTENTS: 1607-1760: A nation is founded on hard work; 1630-1790: Building a democratic foundation; 1790-1820: Labor faces an industrial revolution; 1820-1860: Early efforts at labor organization; 1820-1865: Working people in the Civil War era; 1865-1873: Rebuilding after the war; 1873-1886: The founding of the American Federation of Labor; 1886-1892: The labor struggle against human exploitation; 1892-1900: The conflicts at Homestead and Pullman; 1900-1920: America enters the twentieth century; 1900-1920: Labor in the World War I era; 1920-1932: The postwar "prosperity"; 1932-1938: Industrial unionism and the New Deal; 1938-1960: Labor in war and peace; 1960-1970s: Today's problems, and promise.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.