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Barons of Labor:

The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era
  • ISBN-13: 9780252060755
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Michael Kazin
  • Price: AUD $51.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 15/03/1988
  • Format: Paperback 338 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History [HB]
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''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
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