The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor was founded in 1869 as a secret fraternal order committed to the goal of uniting American labor. At its height in 1886, the Knights claimed the allegiance of perhaps a million workers.
Despite a host of local studies by the new labor historians of the 1970s and 1980s, there has been no general study of the Knights since Norman Ware's 1929 book, and no one has ever attempted a comprehensive study of the culture of the organization. In Beyond Labor's Veil, Robert E. Weir presents a fascinating cultural portrait of the Knights...
The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor was founded in 1869 as a secret fraternal order committed to the goal of uniting American labor. A...
Michael Jacobson-Hardy John T. Cumbler Robert E. Weir
This text documents, through photographs and words, the changing world of manual labour in late 20th-century New England. It gives voice to the workers themselves, the women and men who have been affected most by recent social and economic transformation.
This text documents, through photographs and words, the changing world of manual labour in late 20th-century New England. It gives voice to the worker...
