Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era (Working Class in American History) Review
Posted by
Melind Brown
on 7/25/2012
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american culture,
american history,
american politics,
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liberalism,
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william jennings bryan
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(More customer reviews)Kanin's research is solid, and for those interested in San Francisco during the Gilded Age, or labor history, this is a must-read. Focusing in on a clique of unionists that seized contol of the city government, with a particular emphasis on Patrick Henry McCarthy. No, he was not a typical business unionist, but rather a urban progressive who combined a pratical wage-worker consciousness with a social reform mentality. On the other hand, he had no problem fusing a racist ideology into his form of progresivism. If you bothered to read this review, buy this book.
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