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Author: Eric Lotke
Publisher:
Published: 2020-09-10
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781734493832
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Catherine Campbell is a union organizer. She wants to raise wages and form a union at the Pac Shoppe retail chain in Virginia.Nathaniel Hawley is an accountant. He works for the company that's planning a corporate takeover of Pac Shoppe.It's a love story.
Author: Heath W. Carter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-08-03
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0199385971
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Gilded Age America, rampant inequality gave rise to a new form of Christianity, one that sought to ease the sufferings of the poor not simply by saving their souls, but by transforming society. In Union Made, Heath W. Carter advances a bold new interpretation of the origins of American Social Christianity. While historians have often attributed the rise of the Social Gospel to middle-class ministers, seminary professors, and social reformers, this book places working people at the very center of the story. The major characters--blacksmiths, glove makers, teamsters, printers, and the like--have been mostly forgotten, but as Carter convincingly argues, their collective contribution to American Social Christianity was no less significant than that of Walter Rauschenbusch or Jane Addams. Leading readers into the thick of late-19th-century Chicago's tumultuous history, Carter shows that countless working-class believers participated in the heated debates over the implications of Christianity for industrializing society, often with as much fervor as they did in other contests over wages and the length of the workday. The city's trade unionists, socialists, and anarchists advanced theological critiques of laissez faire capitalism and protested "scab ministers" who cozied up to the business elite. Their criticisms compounded church leaders' anxieties about losing the poor, such that by the turn-of-the-century many leading Christians were arguing that the only way to salvage hopes of a Christian America was for the churches to soften their position on "the labor question." As denomination after denomination did just that, it became apparent that the Social Gospel was, indeed, ascendant--from below. At a time when the fate of the labor movement and rising economic inequality are once more pressing social concerns, Union Made opens the door for a new way forward--by changing the way we think about the past.
Author: Norman H. Finkelstein
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Published: 2019-06-11
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1629796387
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Unsung hero Samuel Gompers worked tirelessly to ensure that no American worker would go unheard or overlooked, dedicating his life to fighting for their rights. This comprehensive middle-grade biography provides an in-depth look at Gompers, the founding father of the American Federation of Labor. Born in England, Samuel Gompers grew up watching his father roll cigars, and at 10 years old, started rolling them himself. After immigrating to the United States, Gompers soon discovered his vocation to fight for the American laborer in his personal work experience. His charismatic, outspoken personality soon landed him the role of speaking on behalf of his fellow workers. His participation in various unsuccessful unions and other failed ventures to enact labor changes led to his creation of the American Federation of Labor. Faced with strikes that turned violent, opposition from the government, and lies perpetrated by anti-unionizers, Gompers persevered, and lived to see various measures enacted to ensure safe work environments, workers' compensation, and other basic laborer rights.
Author: Heath W. Carter
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0199385955
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Union Made, Heath W. Carter advances a bold new interpretation of the origins of American Social Christianity. While historians have often attributed the rise of the Social Gospel to middle-class ministers, seminary professors, and social reformers, this book places working people at the very center of the story. The major characters--blacksmiths, glove makers, teamsters, printers, and the like--have been mostly forgotten, but as Carter convincingly argues, their collective contribution to American Social Christianity was no less significant than that of Walter Rauschenbusch or Jane Addams. Leading readers into the thick of late-19th-century Chicago's tumultuous history, Carter shows that countless working-class believers participated in the heated debates over the implications of Christianity for industrializing society, often with as much fervor as they did in other contests over wages and the length of the workday. Throughout the Gilded Age the city's trade unionists, socialists, and anarchists advanced theological critiques of laissez faire capitalism and protested "scab ministers" who cozied up to the business elite. Their criticisms compounded church leaders' anxieties about losing the poor, such that by the turn-of-the-century many leading Christians were arguing that the only way to salvage hopes of a Christian America was for the churches to soften their position on "the labor question." As denomination after denomination did just that, it became apparent that the Social Gospel was, indeed, ascendant-from below.
Author: Dominic A. Pacyga
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015-11-10
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 022612309X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On the South Side to tour the Union Stock Yard, people got a firsthand look at Chicago's industrial prowess as they witnessed cattle, hogs, and sheep disassembled with breathtaking efficiency. At their height, the kill floors employed 50,000 workers and processed six hundred animals an hour, an astonishing spectacle of industrialized death. Pacyga chronicles the rise and fall of an industrial district that, for better or worse, served as the public face of Chicago for decades. He takes readers through the packinghouses as only an insider can, covering the rough and toxic life inside the plants and their lasting effects on the world outside. He shows how the yards shaped the surrounding neighborhoods; looks at the Yard's sometimes volatile role in the city's race and labor relations; and traces its decades of mechanized innovations.
Author: Harold Holzer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2006-11-07
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1416547940
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Winner of the Lincoln Prize Lincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincoln's most influential and widely reported pre-presidential address -- an extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Delivered in New York in February 1860, the Cooper Union speech dispelled doubts about Lincoln's suitability for the presidency and reassured conservatives of his moderation while reaffirming his opposition to slavery to Republican progressives. Award-winning Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer places Lincoln and his speech in the context of the times -- an era of racism, politicized journalism, and public oratory as entertainment -- and shows how the candidate framed the speech as an opportunity to continue his famous "debates" with his archrival Democrat Stephen A. Douglas on the question of slavery. Holzer describes the enormous risk Lincoln took by appearing in New York, where he exposed himself to the country's most critical audience and took on Republican Senator William Henry Seward of New York, the front runner, in his own backyard. Then he recounts a brilliant and innovative public relations campaign, as Lincoln took the speech "on the road" in his successful quest for the presidency.
Author: Brooke Summers
Publisher: Brooke Summers
Published: 2024-05-17
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Marriages are meant to be sacred but when an arranged marriage turns bloody a war is started. Makenna Gallagher is the princess of the Irish Mafia-- but her life is anything but ordinary. On the outside she might seem like she has it all but every family has secrets and Makenna is drowning in hers. When Dante Bianchi is reunited with his wife-to-be, he's surprised. Clearly their years apart have changed her. He looks forward to uncovering what she's so desperately trying to hide. And making her his. But when their wedding ends in a gunfight, he might get his answers sooner than he thought. One Arranged Marriage. One Deadly Secret. One unstoppable force rising from the ashes of their Bloody Union to dominate the criminal underworld. Together.
Author: Tom Juravich
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780801486661
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Since the late 1970s, Americans have seen their workplaces downsized and streamlined, their jobs out-sourced and often eliminated while their unions have seemed powerless to defend them. This text recounts how the United Steelworkers of America proved that organized labour can still win.
Author: Brooke Summers
Publisher: Brooke Summers
Published: 2024-05-17
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hating someone while lusting after them only adds fuel to the fire. Raylee Silver’s life has been anything but ordinary. Daughter of a notorious gang leader-- she's lived a unique but sheltered life. She was never aware of how truly notorious he was. When life altering revelations and extreme grief thrusts Raylee's life into chaos. She doesn't see a way out of the darkness. She never expected to find a light-- a lifeline, especially not someone she hates. Malcolm Gallagher. Malcolm is out for one thing and one thing only revenge against the Silver gang. And he's got the perfect person to use to get what he wants. Raylee. He was never meant to fall for her. But what happens when her family finds out?
Author: Brooke Summers
Publisher: Brooke Summers
Published: 2024-05-17
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A moment of passion leads to an unexpected union... Melissa Harding allowed herself one night to just let loose. One night to escape her perfectly constructed life. But that one night has come with a cost. She never planned to get pregnant nor did she plan to get married to the head of the Irish Mafia. With everything in her life suddenly changing, Melissa is more determined than ever to keep her new husband at arms length -- her dark secrets need to stay hidden. But Danny has other ideas. Danny Gallagher planned to stay a bachelor forever. But after one night of reckless passion with Melissa-- everything changes. Married with a new baby on the way-- Danny has finally met his match. The more time they spend together-- Danny is quickly realizing they are more alike than he thought. The darkness she has burning inside her is the same darkness burning deep within him. When enemies start to rise, can this unexpected union work together to slay their demons? Or will Melissa's secrets bury them before they even had a chance?
