Search Results: the workers in american history by oneal james

Rev + enlarged 4th ed. Good HC, no DJ. Tan boards backed with white cloth, black letters; leaves untrimmed at top and fore edges. Scuffed covers and spine; light soiling; heavily chipped at board edges; splits in cloth at spine head; tightly bound; clean interior. 8vo, 208 pp + index.

St. Louis: The National Rip-Saw. Very Good. 1912. 3rd Edition Revised & Enlarged. Hardcover.

New York: The Rand School of Social Science, 1921 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mauve pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles on front board, 208, [5] pp, footnotes, index. Rebound thus, originally side-stapled, presumably in wraps. This is very near fine except for tearing at gutter and around the staple holes of the first few leaves; bookplate on fpd. Rather than a history of the labor movement per se, this is a view of American history from the bottom up: "It is my own conviction that a general knowledge of the historical evolution of the American working class; its subjection to various forms of economic servitude in the colonies; its social and economic life at various periods of American history; its splendid achievements as an organized force in the three decades following 1828, and its subsequent history, would give the modern workers a historical culture that would add to their discipline and solidarity and enable them to march to the front as… Read More

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-04-27. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-04-27. Paperback. Good.

New York: Rand School, 1921. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Corner of board scratched, chipped. else VG-. Out of print. Binding is boards.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

St. Louis, Missouri: The National Rip-Saw, 1912. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Third Edition - Revised and Enlarged. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 234 pages. Footnotes. "Few histories today give the reader any adequate idea of how the toilers lived, struggled and died in America... Some of the statements made in the following pages will come as a shock to those who have absorbed the current views of American history, and yet no important assertion is made without rererence to standard authorities." - from Preface. Chapters include: The European Background; Land Conquests in America; White Slavery in the Colonies; The White Slave Trade; Rebellions of the Poor; General Status of the Workers; Causes of the American Revolution; The Constitutional Convention, a Conspiracy; The Period of Struggle. Prior owner's details inside front board and on back free endpaper along with contemporary bookseller's ink stamp. Moderate quantity of pencil markings and red pencil… Read More