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Workingmen's Democracy

The Knights of Labor and American Politics

Leon Fink author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Published:1st Jul '85

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Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor—the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century—Workingmen's Democracy explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions.

Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions

"The pick of a growing crop of studies on the American working class."--The Nation
"An important work, the best of several recent volumes on the Knights."--American Historical Review

  • Runner-up for <DIV>Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions</DIV> 1985

ISBN: 9780252012563

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm

Weight: 399g

272 pages