This classic account of the worker in the steel industry during the early years of the twentieth century combines the social investigator s mastery of facts with the vivid personal touch of the journalist. From its pages emerges a finely etched picture of how men lived and worked in steel.
In 1907-1908, when John Fitch spent more than a year in Pittsburgh interviewing workers, steel was the master industry of the region. It employed almost 80,000 workers and virtually controlled social and civic life.
Fitch observed steel workers on the job, and he describes succinctly the prevailing...
This classic account of the worker in the steel industry during the early years of the twentieth century combines the social investigator s mastery...
