Laboring for Freedom: New Look at the History of Labor in America

by Daniel Jacoby

Overview

This text examines the concept of freedom in the context of American labour history. Nine essays develop themes in this history which show that liberty of contract and inalienable rights form two contradictory traditions concerning freedom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317466543
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/20/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

A New Yorker now transplanted to Seattle, Daniel Jacoby earned his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Washington. He now works as an associate professor for the very unusual University of Washington—Bothell’s Liberal Studies Program, where interdisciplinarity and teaching are especially valued. His apprenticeship in academic scholarship has led him to publish monographs in several academic journals including Labor History, Industrial Relations, and the Journal of Economic History.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Independence or Contract; Chapter 1 Republican Soil; Chapter 2 Contracting Liberties; Part 2 Illusory Freedoms; Chapter 3 The Properties of Labor; Chapter 4 A Skillful Control; Chapter 5 Incorporating Paternalism; Chapter 6 Free Education; Part 3 New Deals and Old Ideals; Chapter 7 Union Compromise; Chapter 8 “Rights” of Passage; Chapter 9 Playing the Global Piano; epi Epilogue Memories and Challenges;

Editorial Reviews

This study focuses on the years from the beginning of the 19th century to the reign of FDR, but its scope reaches a few hundred years earlier and into the 1990s. Jacoby (economics, U. of Washington-Bothell Liberal Studies Program) examines three broad movements in the history of labor in America: the transformation from republicanism to freedom of contract; the limits of contract and the quest for alternatives; and how collective rights replaced individual freedom. Paper edition (unseen), $22.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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