''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
