wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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Grand Master Workman: Terence Powderly and the Knights of Labor
ISBN: 9780313309489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was the most ambitious and significant labor organization of the Gilded Age. As the charismatic leader of this group, Terence Powderly was America's first nationally known labor leader, the first to achieve a high degree of recognition from working people, industrialists, and politicians across the continent. To most Americans, Powderly "was" the Knights of Labor. Based on an exhaustive examination of Powderly's voluminous correspondence, this book offers a critical analysis of Powderly's efforts to oversee the most spectacular experiment in... The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was the most ambitious and significant labor organization of the Gilded Age. As the charismatic leader of t... |
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553,73 zł |
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Trade Unions in West Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
ISBN: 9783034301176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book investigates the state of trade unionism in Africa s most populous regional economic zone. With the exception of the former British colonies of Nigeria and Ghana, surprisingly little has been written on the trade union movements that have played such pivotal roles in the histories of the fifteen countries that comprise the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Trade Unions in West Africa is the story of how trade unions, in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, have achieved a measure of success and how they remain today a weakened but still potent...
This book investigates the state of trade unionism in Africa s most populous regional economic zone. With the exception of the former British colonies...
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473,63 zł |
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Women and Trade Unions in France: The Tobacco and Hat Industries, 1890-1914
ISBN: 9783034317382 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Based on the thorough examination of French archival sources, this book examines in detail two industries in which women formed the majority of the workforce in France between 1890 and 1914. The choice of the tobacco and hat industries is particularly relevant in the sense that the tobacco industry, unlike the hat industry, was a state monopoly in which women were in the majority and held meaningful responsibilities in unions at a time when women were generally in the minority and under-represented in the labour movement.
The main aim of this comparison is to assess and qualify... Based on the thorough examination of French archival sources, this book examines in detail two industries in which women formed the majority of the wo...
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636,13 zł |
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No Women Jump Out!: Gender Exclusion, Labour Organization and Political Leadership in Antigua 1917-1970
ISBN: 9783034308632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book aims to provide a history of twentieth-century labour in the British colony of Antigua and Barbuda. It documents the labour and class struggles between landowners and peasants both before and after the legalization and formation of trades and labour unions in 1940. It exposes the political and racial dynamics of British colonialism in the eastern Caribbean as never before. The racial dynamics are evident between white colonial administrators, landowners and mill and factory owners, as they struggled to maintain control over a black and coloured population in a changing world.
... This book aims to provide a history of twentieth-century labour in the British colony of Antigua and Barbuda. It documents the labour and class strugg...
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493,79 zł |
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The Italians Who Built Toronto: Italian Workers and Contractors in the City's Housebuilding Industry, 1950-1980
ISBN: 9783034317733 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. After World War II, hundreds of thousands of Italians emigrated to Toronto. This book describes their labour, business, social and cultural history as they settled in their new home. It addresses fundamental issues that impacted both them and the city, including ethnic economic niching, unionization, urban proletarianization and migrants entrepreneurship.
In addressing these issues the book focuses on the role played by a specific economic sector in enabling immigrants to find their place in their new host society. More specifically, this study looks at the residential sector of the... After World War II, hundreds of thousands of Italians emigrated to Toronto. This book describes their labour, business, social and cultural history as...
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622,59 zł |
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Trade Unionism since 1945: Towards a Global History. Volume 2; The Americas, Asia and Australia
ISBN: 9783039119509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book offers the detailed historical background required for a holistic appreciation of current problems faced and the possibilities for revitalisation. In two volumes it provides introductory overviews of trade union development since the end of World War II in 26 countries from every corner of the globe. Each chapter explains the main contours of trade union growth and development in one country from the pivotal year 1945 to the present. Each chapter assesses the often dynamic expansion of trade unionism in the 1950s and 1960s; the role of trade unionism in the movements for national...
This book offers the detailed historical background required for a holistic appreciation of current problems faced and the possibilities for revitalis...
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581,96 zł |