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BL
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892386
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| Main Entry
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Meltzer, Milton,1915-2009.
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| Title & Author
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Bread--and roses : : the struggle of American labor, 1865-1915 /\ Milton Meltzer.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts on File,, 1991.
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| Series Statement
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The Library of American history
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| Page. NO
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viii, 167 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0816023719
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: 9780816023714
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-163) and index.
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| Contents
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Revolution by machine -- Only bread, and nothing more? -- Women who work -- Children in the mills -- Tenements and sweatshops -- Who owns America? -- Bread or blood -- I love this union cause -- Rebellion on the railroads -- Dream- and reality -- A bomb at Haymarket -- Which way: Gompers of Debs? -- The Battle of Homestead -- A model town goes on strike -- Reformers and radicals -- Bread-and roses too! -- Massacre at Ludlow -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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Uses original source material to portray the momentous changes that took place in American labor, industry, and trade-unionism following the Civil War. Focuses on the work environment in this early age of mass production and mechanization, and shows how abusive conditions often led to labor unrest.
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Labor movement-- United States-- History.
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Labor unions-- United States-- History.
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Labor movement-- History.
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Labor unions-- History.
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Mouvement ouvrier-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Syndicats-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Labor movement.
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Labor unions.
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Labor unions.
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Labor.
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Social conditions
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United States, Social conditions, 1865-1918.
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United States, Social conditions, 1865-1918.
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États-Unis, Conditions sociales, 1865-1918.
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United States, Social conditions.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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331.88/0973
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| LC Classification
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HD8072.M328 1991
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