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The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age Paperback - 2011

by Rosanne Currarino


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In The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age, Rosanne Currarino traces the struggle to define the nature of democratic life in an era of industrial strife. As Americans confronted the glaring disparity between democracy's promises of independence and prosperity and the grim realities of economic want and wage labor, they asked, "What should constitute full participation in American society? What standard of living should citizens expect and demand?" Currarino traces the diverse efforts to answer to these questions, from the fledgling trade union movement to contests over immigration, from economic theory to popular literature, from legal debates to social reform. The contradictory answers that emerged--one stressing economic participation in a consumer society, the other emphasizing property ownership and self-reliance--remain pressing today as contemporary scholars, journalists, and social critics grapple with the meaning of democracy in post-industrial America.

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  • Title The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age
  • Author Rosanne Currarino
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
  • Date 2011-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780252077869 / 0252077865
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.6 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
  • Library of Congress subjects Citizenship - United States, Working class - United States - History -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010047169
  • Dewey Decimal Code 323.609

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Citations

  • Choice, 07/01/2011, Page 0
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 04/01/2011, Page 107

About the author

Rosanne Currarino is an associate professor of history at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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