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Barons of Labor
The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era
Michael Kazin
Paper978-0-252-06075-5
$21.00
| Pub Date: | 1989 |
| Pages: | 338 pages |
"Kazin's book is about far more than the construction industry: it also illuminates the social and political history of San Francisco. . . . Gracefully written and adorned with evocative portraits of local political and labor leaders, Barons of Labor is absorbing reading as well as a fine piece of history."
-- The Nation
"A bold and pioneering work that revises our understanding of skilled craftsmen and the politics of class in the Progressive Era."
-- Journal of American History
"Barons of Labor, is superb work, carefully researched and written with clarity, vitality, and wit, a pleasure as well as an education to read."
-- Labor History
Awards:
Winner of the Herbert G. Gutman Award
Series:
The Working Class in American History
Subjects:
History, Am.: 20th C. / Labor Studies
