The Workers' Movement in the United States, 1879–1885

An edition of the work of German economist August Sartorius von Waltershausen, who wrote articles about the US labor movement after visiting in the 1880s.

August Sartorius von Waltershausen was an eminent German economist who visited the States in the 1880s and wrote articles on the US labor movement, before the establishment of strong national institutions. His training in the school of economics provided a different perspective from that of laissez-faire economists or socialists.August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852–1938) was an eminent German economist who visited the United States at the beginning of the 1880s and wrote a series of articles on the US labor movement, which were published in Germany. His training in the historical school of economics provided him with a different perspective from that of laissez-faire economists or socialists of his time. The articles are translated in this book, and presented with a biographical essay by Marcel van der Linden and Gregory Zieren and with an essay on his contribution to the writing of American labor history by David Montgomery. This book provides rich insights into the character of American workers' organizations as they recovered from the depression of the 1870s, before the establishment of strong national institutions.