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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781315703008
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Laboring for FreedomDDC classification:
  • 331.0973
LOC classification:
  • HD8066 -- .J33 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part I: Independence or Contract -- 1. Republican Soil -- 2. Contracting Liberties -- Part II: Illusory Freedoms -- 3. The Properties of Labor -- 4. A Skillful Control: Managing the Labor Process -- 5. Incorporating Paternalism -- 6. Free Education -- Part III: New Deals and Old Ideals -- 7. Union Compromise -- 8. "Rights" of Passage -- 9. Playing the Global Piano -- Epilogue: Memories and Challenges -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part I: Independence or Contract -- 1. Republican Soil -- 2. Contracting Liberties -- Part II: Illusory Freedoms -- 3. The Properties of Labor -- 4. A Skillful Control: Managing the Labor Process -- 5. Incorporating Paternalism -- 6. Free Education -- Part III: New Deals and Old Ideals -- 7. Union Compromise -- 8. "Rights" of Passage -- 9. Playing the Global Piano -- Epilogue: Memories and Challenges -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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.

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