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CONTENTS
PREFACE
PART I THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
CHAPTER 1 LABOR MOVEMENTS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
(1). Early Beginnings, to 1827
(2). Equal Citizenship, 1827-1832
(3). The Period of the "Wild-Cat" Prosperity, 1833-1837
(4). The Long Depression, 1837-1862
CHAPTER 2 THE "GREENBACK" PERIOD, 1862-1879
CHAPTER 3 THE BEGINNING OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR AND OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
CHAPTER 4 REVIVAL AND UPHEAVAL, 1879-1887
CHAPTER 5 THE VICTORY OF CRAFT UNIONISM AND THE FINAL FAILURE OF PRODUCERS' COOPERATION
CHAPTER 6 STABILIZATION, 1888-1897
CHAPTER 7 TRADE UNIONISM AND THE COURTS
PART II THE LARGER CAREER OF UNIONISM
CHAPTER 8 PARTIAL RECOGNITION AND NEW DIFFICULTIES, 1898-1914
(1). The Miners
(2). The Railway Men
(3). The Machinery and Metal Trades
(4). The Employers' Reaction
(5). Legislation, Courts, and Politics
CHAPTER 9 RADICAL UNIONISM AND A "COUNTER-REFORMATION"
CHAPTER 10 THE WAR-TIME BALANCE SHEET
CHAPTER 11 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
PART III CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES
CHAPTER 12 AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION
CHAPTER 13 THE IDEALISTIC FACTOR
CHAPTER 14 WHY THERE IS NOT AN AMERICAN LABOR PARTY
CHAPTER 15 THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND TRADE UNIONISM
BIBLIOGRAPHY
