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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
2011
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| Series: | Working class in American history.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 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 postindustrial America. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252090103 0252090101 1282959573 9781282959576 9786612959578 6612959576 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |
