Bread--and Roses: The Struggle of American Labor, 1865-1915Penguin Publishing Group, 1977 - 231 стор. A documented account of the growth of the American labor movement from the Civil War to World War I. Examines labor conditions resulting from the change to mass production in mine, mill, and railroad; child labor; women workers; tenement life and sweatshops as contrasted to the life of the rich in the Gilded Age; and the strikes that made the union a permanent institution. |
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... boys are picking their lives away . The floor of the room is an inclined plane , and a stream of coal pours constantly in . They work here , in this little black hole , all day and every day , trying to keep cool in summer , trying to ...
... boys are picking their lives away . The floor of the room is an inclined plane , and a stream of coal pours constantly in . They work here , in this little black hole , all day and every day , trying to keep cool in summer , trying to ...
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... boy to carry round wherever he goes . " 77 The coal is hard , and accidents to the hands , such as cut , broken , or crushed fingers , are common among the boys . Sometimes there is a worse accident : a terrified shriek is heard , and a boy ...
... boy to carry round wherever he goes . " 77 The coal is hard , and accidents to the hands , such as cut , broken , or crushed fingers , are common among the boys . Sometimes there is a worse accident : a terrified shriek is heard , and a boy ...
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... boys graduate to the mine depths , where they become door tenders , switch - boys , or mule - drivers . Here , far below the surface , work is still more dangerous . At fourteen or fifteen the boys assume the same risks as the men , and ...
... boys graduate to the mine depths , where they become door tenders , switch - boys , or mule - drivers . Here , far below the surface , work is still more dangerous . At fourteen or fifteen the boys assume the same risks as the men , and ...
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Revolution by Machine | 3 |
Only Bread and Nothing More? | 6 |
Children in the Mills | 26 |
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