Strikes in the United States 1881-1974

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Get this from a library. Strikes in the United States, [P K Edwards]. ISBN: OCLC Number: Description: xvi, pages ; 23 cm: Contents: The trend of strikes, --The economic, organization and political determinants of strike activity --Strikes and industrialization, --The years of institutionalization, --The working of the institutional system, --Conclusion: American strike trends reconsidered.

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Format Book Published New York: St. Martin's Press, Description xvi, p. ; 23 cm. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject headings Strikes and lockouts--United States--History.

ISBN With the advent in the s of such labor organizations as the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor, strikes became more frequent. Some of the more important industry-wide strikes in the United States have been those waged by the railroad employees in andby the United Mine Workers in and –47, by the.

Some of the more important industry-wide strikes in the United States have been those waged by the railroad employees in andby the United Mine Workers in and –47, by the steel workers in,andand by the auto workers in and The encyclopedia of strikes in American history HDE39 Industrial disputes and federal legislation, with special reference to the railroad, coal, steel, and.

The war of attrition model also fits Canadian strikes during the s; see Huberman and Young (). Fromthe frequency of compromise grows (except in ) to %. The first Labor Day was held on September 5, in New York City by American labor leader Peter J.

McGuire. McGuire had witnessed Canadian labor union parades and strikes and decided to bring. Author of The cross-sectional analysis of strike activity, The social organization of industrial conflict, Social theory at work, Managing the factory, Strikes in the United States,A critique of the Kerr-Siegel hypothesis of strikes and the isolated mass, The global economy, national states, and the regulation of labour, The social organization of industrial conflict.

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A review of "Strikes in the United States " by P.K. Edwards. The book attempts to explain how and why the American strike picture has been altered during the enormous industrial and institutional changes of the past century. The review applauds the book for bringing more qualitative details into the study of strikes, but critiques its.

From P.K. Edwards, *Strikes in the United States * (the most comprehensive analysis of the history of strikes in America): “Strike frequency rose during the s, fell in the s and then rose to peak levels in the early years of the present century.

It remained high until the s, when a dramatic decline occurred. Strikes in the United States, ‐ By P. Edwards. A Search for Equality: The National Urban League, ‐ By Jesse Thomas Moore, Jr.

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