Upheaval in the Quiet Zone tells the story of one of the liveliest, stormiest organizations on the modern American labor scene.

Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: A History of Hospital Workers' Union, Local 1199 (Working Class in American History)

Literature & Fiction

Fink, Leon

Greenberg, Brian

Poetry

University of Illinois Press

excellent condition in the interior of the paperback book; pages are clean and bright; binding is tight; the spine is intact and uncreased; light wear and a small crease on the bottom right corner on the back of the cover; 298 pages; edition 1989; published by University of Illinois Press (J-22)

Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: A History of Hospital Workers' Union, Local 1199

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

This new second edition updates the dramatic story of 1199SEIU, an insurgent labor union that eventually established itself as a vital force in the modern labor movement. When SEIU president Andrew Stern laid plans in 2006 for a new national health care workers union that would both reach out to the unorganized and campaign for universal, national health insurance, he turned to 1199 president Dennis Rivera--and the 1199 political model--to lead the effort. With new material that updates the union's history since the 1990s, this book conveys the promise and problems of movement-building in the twenty-first century health care industry.

Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: 1199/SEIU and the Politics of Healthcare Unionism (Working Class in American History)

Business & Money

Economics

Worker and Community focuses on the social and cultural impact of industrialization in Albany, New York during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. More than a local study, it uses Albany as a laboratory in which to examine this important force in social history.The study looks first at the full range of economic actions in which the city’s workers participated between 1850 and 1884―organized strikes, labor riots, public demonstrations, and reform movements. It also examines community influences as workers defined themselves in part through affiliation with a particular ethnic group, church, fraternal society, and political party. The worker’s struggle against prison contract labor, as discussed in Greenberg’s text, reveals acceptance of the free labor tradition along with an emerging interest-group consciousness.

Worker and Community (Suny series in American social history): Response to Industrialization in a Nineteenth-Century American City, Albany, New York, 1850-1884

State Univ of New York Pr

The Dawning of American Labor: The New Republic to the Industrial Age (The American History Series)

A concise history of labor and work in America from the birth of the Republic to the Industrial Age and beyond From the days of Thomas Jefferson, Americans believed that they could sustain a capitalist industrial economy without the class conflict or negative socioeconomic consequences experienced in Europe. This dream came crashing down in 1877 when the Great Strike, one of the most militant labor disputes in US history, convulsed the nation’s railroads. In The Dawning of American Labor a leading scholar of American labor history draws upon first-hand accounts and the latest scholarship to offer a fascinating look at how Americans perceived and adapted to the shift from a largely agrarian economy to one dominated by manufacturing. For the generations following the Great Strike, “the Labor Problem” and the idea of class relations became a critical issue facing the nation. As Professor Greenberg makes clear in this lively, highly accessible historical exploration, the 1877 strike forever cast a shadow across one of the most deeply rooted articles of national faith―the belief in American exceptionalism. What conditions produced the faith in a classless society? What went wrong? These questions lie at the heart of The Dawning of American Labor. <ul>
<li>Provides a concise, comprehensive, and completely up-to-date synthesis of the latest scholarship on the early development of industrialization in the United States</li> <li>Considers how working people reacted, both in the workplace and in their communities, as the nation’s economy made its shift from an agrarian to an industrial base</li> <li>Includes a formal Bibliographical Essay―a handy tool for student research</li> <li>Works as a stand-alone text or an ideal supplement to core curricula in US History, US Labor, and 19th-Century America</li> </ul>
Accessible introductory text for students in American history classes and beyond, The Dawning of American Labor is an excellent introduction to the history of labor in the United States for students and general readers of history alike.

Wiley/Blackwell

This ten-volume encyclopedia explores the social history of 20th-century America in rich, authoritative detail, decade by decade, through the eyes of its everyday citizens.
Social History of the United States is a cornerstone reference that tells the story of 20th-century America, examining the interplay of policies, events, and everyday life in each decade of the 1900s with unmatched authority, clarity, and insight.
Spanning ten volumes and featuring the work of some of the foremost social historians working today, Social History of the United States bridges the gap between 20th-century history as it played out on the grand stage and history as it affected―and was affected by―citizens at the grassroots level. Covering each decade in a separate volume, this exhaustive work draws on the most compelling scholarship to identify important themes and institutions, explore daily life and working conditions across the economic spectrum, and examine all aspects of the American experience from a citizen's-eye view. Casting the spotlight on those whom history often leaves in the dark, Social History of the United States is an essential addition to any library collection.
 • Entries covering the lives and contributions of ordinary citizens, social movements, religion, culture, the arts, economic and labor issues, and other aspects of American life across the 20th century
• Contributions by accomplished researchers in the field of American social history
• Sidebars providing additional emphasis on important issues and less well-known personalities
• Detailed timelines for every decade, incorporating famous events with pivotal moments that changed the lives of everyday citizens
• A thematically organized index for each of the encyclopedia's ten volumes

Social History of the United States (10 Vol. Set )

History

George, Alice L.

Watts, Linda S.

Beekman, Scott

Mercier, Laurie

Ciabattari, Mark

Cohen, Nancy

Hunt,Andrew

Bucki, Cecelia

Greenwald, Richard A.

Reavley, Gordon

Stoner, John C.

Paino, Troy D.

Holloran, Peter C.

Americas

ABC-CLIO

Social History of the United States: The 1900s

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