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From abject poverty to undisputed political boss of Pennsylvania, Lincoln s secretary of war, senator, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a founder of the Republican Party, Simon Cameron (1799 1889)was one of the nineteenth century s most prominent political figures. In his wake, however, he left a series of questionable political and business dealings and, at the age of eighty, even a sex scandal.

Far more than a biography of Cameron, Amiable Scoundrel is also a portrait of an era that allowed indeed, encouraged a man such as Cameron to seize political...

On July 6, 1892, three hundred armed Pinkerton detectives arrived in Homestead, Pennsylvania to retake the Carnegie Steelworks from the company's striking workers. In response to worsening labor conditions, decreasing industrial wage labor, and the close relationship between capital and the state, the workers had locked out plant officials and halted production. As the detectives approached, shots rang out and a violent skirmish began. In this infamous moment in labor history, over two dozen people were killed. Homestead was a turning point in the history of American unionism-- it weakened...

On July 6, 1892, three hundred armed Pinkerton agents arrived in Homestead, Pennsylvania to retake the Carnegie Steelworks from the company's striking workers. As the agents tried to leave their boats, shots rang out and a violent skirmish began. The confrontation at Homestead was a turning point in the history of American unionism, beginning a rapid process of decline for America's steel unions that lasted until the Great Depression.

Examining the strike's origins, events, and legacy, The Homestead Strike illuminates the tense relationship between labor, capital, and...