On this page are 42 books on labor and labor history in various countries that were on our shelves in Walpole, New Hampshire on March 6, 2008. Enjoy browsing through, and feel free to place your order at any time with Ray Boas, Bookseller.
1. THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR 1898 - HAND AND MACHINE LABOR. VOLUME II. GENERAL TABLE, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1899, p427-p1604, very good, black cloth (hardcover), This volume contains the "General Table - Production by Hand and Machine Methods." Nice clean and tight copy that has appears to have never been read., (Order No: 48748 ), $15.00
2. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, 1887 - STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1888, 1172pp, good, black cloth w/light edgewear (hardcover), (Order No: 38450 ), $75.00
3. Agocs, Sandor, THE TROUBLED ORIGINS OF THE ITALIAN CATHOLIC LABOR MOVEMENT, 1878-1914, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI, 1988, 251pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814319386 Presents an intellectual and social history of the nascent Italian labor movement, exploring the conflicts between the conservative Catholic hierachy and Catholic activists., (Order No: 49765 ), $5.00
4. Bain, G. S. and Bennett, J. D., A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 1971-1979, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (1985), 258pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0521266998, (Order No: 36707 ), $17.50
5. Bernhardt, Debra A. and Bernstein, Rachel, ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF WORKING PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY, New York University Press, New York, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 222pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814798667 This volume tells the stories of towering structures and the beam walkers who built them; of immigrant youths in factories and women in sweatshops; of longshoremen and type-writer girls; of dock workers and captains of industry., (Order No: 30118 ), $12.50
6. Blewett, Mary H., WE WILL RISE IN OUR MIGHT: WORKINGWOMEN'S VOICES FROM NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW ENGLAND, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, (1991), B&W illustrations, 221pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0801495377, (Order No: 39088 ), $7.50
7. Bolaria, B. Singh and von Elling Bolaria, Rosemary (edited by), INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATIONS, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1997, 209pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195641663 Articles in this book are concerned primarily with the economic, social, and political consequences of such mobility for immigrants and migrants in selected core countries and regions, with particular focus on labour-market opportunities for foreign workers., (Order No: 38996 ), $25.00
8. Bradshaw, David J. and Ozment, Suzanne (edited by), THE VOICE OF TOIL: NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH WRITINGS ABOUT WORK, Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 793pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0821412922 The editors have collected the central writings from a pivotal place and time, including poems, stories, essays, and a play that reflect four prominent ways in which the subject of work was addressed: Work as Mission, Work as Opportunity, Work as Oppression, and (Separate) Spheres of Work., (Order No: 28572 ), $40.00
9. Brody, David, STEELWORKERS IN AMERICA - THE NONUNION ERA, Harper Torchbooks, New York, (1969), 303pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0061314854, (Order No: 32313 ), $5.00
10. Carnes, Cecil, JOHN L. LEWIS - LEADER OF LABOR, Robert Speller Pub. Corp., New York, (1936) 1st ed, 331pp, good, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 1851 ), $8.00
11. Chamberlain, Neil W. and Schilling, Jane Metzger, THE IMPACT OF STRIKES: THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1954) 1st ed, tables, 257pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (small tear p219 from bindery), In this companion to his SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND STRIKES Professor Chamberlain undertakes to measure the costs to the public of what are termed "national emergency" strikes. He examines the impact of strikes in three major industries: coal, railroads, and steel., (Order No: 15052 ), $15.00
12. Coker, Jeffrey W., CONFRONTING AMERICAN LABOR: THE NEW LEFT DILEMMA, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, (2002) 1st ptg, 211pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826214207 Traces the development of the American left, from the Depression era through the Cold War, by examining four representative intellectuals who grappled with the difficult question of labor's role in society., (Order No: 42334 ), $30.00
13. Davis, Horace B., LABOR AND STEEL, International Publishers, New York, (1933), B&W illustrations, 304pp, good, black cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover), Contents include: The Steel Workers; Accidents and Occupational Diseases; Wages and Living Standards; Too Much Work: Long Hours and Speed-Up; Too Little Work: Unemployment and Part-Time Employment; The Vanishing Job: Technique, Markets, and Location of the Industry; The Feudal Domain of Steel; The Steel Trust: What It Is and How It Works; Profits; History of Unionism to 1918; The Steel Strike of 1919 and After., (Order No: 53192 ), $20.00
14. Fay, C. R., LIFE AND LABOUR IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Cambridge at the Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1947 4th ed, 320pp, good, tan cloth (hardcover) occasional underlining about 4 pages, First published in 1920. BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF LECTURES DELIVERED AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY IN THE YEAR 1919 TO STUDENTS OF ECONOMICS, AMONG WHOM WERE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND STUDENTS FROM THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES., (Order No: 34923 ), $30.00
15. Ferguson, T. and Cunnison, J. (with a foreword by Sir Hector Hetherington), THE YOUNG WAGE-EARNER: A STUDY OF GLASGOW BOYS, Oxford University Press, London, 1951, B&W tables, 195pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The result of an investigation carried out on a group of Glasgow boys over a period of three years, from January 1947 to January 1950., (Order No: 33886 ), $15.00
16. Fladeland, Betty, ABOLITIONISTS AND WORKING-CLASS PROBLEMS IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1984), 232pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807111678 This volume examines the careers of eleven abolitionists to reveal their individual concern with the plight of the white working class and to illustrate the emerging awareness within the antislavery movement of the relationship between black chattel slavery and the exploitation of white workers., (Order No: 29364 ), $10.00
17. Friedman, Allen and Schwarz, Ted, POWER AND GREED: INSIDE THE TEAMSTERS EMPIRE OF CORRUPTION, Franklin Watts, New York, 1989 1st ptg, 284pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0531151050 "The Brotherhood of Teamsters is the most amoral and criminal union in the history of American labor. Its tentacles have a stranglehold on all business and politics. It was not always so pernicious, nor so influentila. In its growth and corruption there is a shocking story of the excesses that labor, business and politics have visited upon 20th century America.", (Order No: 9120 ), $3.00
18. Gorman, John; Williams, Gwyn A. (intro by) & Willis, Norman (foreword by), BANNER BRIGHT: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF TRADE UNION BANNERS, Scorpion Publishing Ltd., England, (1986), B&W and color ill., 192pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0905906489 First published in 1973, this book is accepted as a pioneering and seminal work in the visual history of the British trade union movement. This is a study of the rise, decline and resurgence of trade union banners. John Gorman describes their origins and history, discusses the iconography of labor and tells the remarkable story of the poor travelling showman who grew wealthy making them., (Order No: 13380 ), $10.00
19. Green, William (with a foreword by), INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY AGAINST WILLIAM GREEN, ET AL, BRIEF FOR DEFENDANTS, Workers Education Bureau Pr., New York, 1928, 479pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), The Brief submitted for the workers in the case of Interborough Rapid Transit Company v. William Green, et al., is such an illuminating interpretation of the social and economic consequences of the proposed injunction that it is a distinguished contribution to information in this field., (Order No: 40416 ), $20.00
20. Hunt, E. H., BRITISH LABOUR HISTORY, 1815-1914, Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, NJ, (1981), 428pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0391022091 Dr. Hunt gives a comprehensive survey of the changing life and labor of the British workforce and changes in the British labor market in the century before the First World War. The labor force of 1815 presents a remarkable contrast with that of a century later., (Order No: 16507 ), $17.50
21. Jenkins, Hugh (foreword by Tony Benn), RANK AND FILE, Croom Helm, London, (1980), 181pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0709903316 The labour party is discussed with what the people think and why they are involved in politics., (Order No: 36740 ), $10.00
22. Kawanishi, Hirosuke (translated by Ross E. Mouer), ENTERPRISE UNIONISM IN JAPAN, Kegan Paul International, London, (1992), B&W figures, B&W tables, 467pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0710303416 This is a detailed study of the Japanese enterprise union, a unique form of union organization which has received considerable attention as a result of international interest in learning from Japan's experience in industrial relations., (Order No: 29404 ), $45.00
23. Lahne, Herbert J., THE COTTON MILL WORKER, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York, (1944) 1st ed, 303pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "This, the fourth volume in the LABOR IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA SERIES, tells the story of the cotton mill worker today.", (Order No: 32627 ), $14.50
24. McIlroy, John, TRADE UNIONS IN BRITAIN TODAY, Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, (1988), 261pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0719026547, (Order No: 36716 ), $10.00
25. Moret, Marta, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CONNECTICUT LABOR MOVEMENT, Labor Education Center, Storrs, CT, [1982], B&W illustrations, 64pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Colonial Connecticut Unionism; The Industrial Age; The Turn of the Century; The Connecticut Labor Movement and World War I; The Years Between the Wars; World War II, the 50s, and Merger; Changing Face of Connecticut Unionism; Footnotes; Bibliography., (Order No: 53591 ), $25.00
26. Neufeld, Maurice F.; Leab, Daniel J.; and, Swanson, Dorothy, AMERICAN WORKING CLASS HISTORY: A REPRESENTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY, R. R. Bowker Company, New York, 1983, 356pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0835217523 This bibliographic reference spans the history of American labor from colonial times to the present., (Order No: 47757 ), $12.50
27. Nicholson, Marjorie, THE TUC OVERSEAS: THE ROOTS OF POLICY, Allen & Unwin, London, (1986), 329pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0043311032 Traces the decisions made by the Trades Union Congress in response to domestic and external influences and events, from its establishment of a joint international committee with the Labour Party in 1917 to the first congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions in 1945., (Order No: 36736 ), $16.50
28. Perlman, Selig, A HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM IN THE UNITED STATES, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1929, 313pp, good, dark green cloth (hardcover), First published in 1922. Contents include: Part I. The Struggle for Survival; Part II. The Larger Career of Unionism; Part III. Conclusions and Inferences., (Order No: 40133 ), $12.50
29. Pessen, Edward, MOST UNCOMMON JACKSONIANS: THE RADICAL LEADERS OF THE EARLY LABOR MOVEMENT, State University of NY Press, Albany, NY, (1967), 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The Age of Jackson saw the beginnings of America's labor movement in the emergence both of trade unions and of the Working Men's political parties. The leadership of this movement was one of its most outstanding and fascinating features., (Order No: 2459 ), $10.00
30. Petro, Sylvester, THE KINGSPORT STRIKE, Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY, (1967), 238pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The printing unions strike the Kingsport Press in Kingsport, Tennessee. The Press, one of the largest book manufacturers in the country and the second largest employer in town, had helped make Kingsport a pocket of prosperity in down-at-the-heels Appalachia. In this book, Petro analyzes the Kingsport strike, pinpoints the causes, sorts out the rights and wrongs. He also takes a hard look at the role of government in the strike, reviews the law of the land as it affects labor and management--and comes up with some bold proposals., (Order No: 15701 ), $4.50
31. Ramaswamy, E. A., A QUESTION OF BALANCE: LABOUR, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIETY, Oxford University Press, Delhi, India, (1997), 267pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 019564168X A book about industrial workers, their trade unions, union leaders, managers, people in government who make and administer labour policy, and their interactions., (Order No: 38239 ), $12.50
32. Remick, Helen (edited by), COMPARABLE WORTH AND WAGE DISCRIMINATION: TECHNICAL POSSIBILITIES AND POLITICAL REALITIES, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1984), B&W figures, 311pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0877223459 This volume focuses on sex differences in wages., (Order No: 36241 ), $12.50
33. Rodgers, Daniel T., THE WORK ETHIC IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA 1850-1920, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, (1978), 300pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226723518, (Order No: 4904 ), $7.50
34. Schor, Juliet B., THE OVERWORKED AMERICAN: THE UNEXPECTED DECLINE OF LEISURE, BasicBooks, New York, (1991), B&W figures and tables, 247pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0465054331 This pathbreaking book documents for the first time the unanticipated decline in leisure both at work and in the home., (Order No: 20617 ), $4.00
35. Siracusa, Carl, A MECHANICAL PEOPLE: PERCEPTIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ORDER IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1815-1880, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1979) 1st ed, 10 B&W tables, 3 figures, 313pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0819550299 This book contributes not only to our understanding of labor and intellectual history, but also--by analyzing the perceptions of industrialization among the molders of public opinion and enactors of legislation--to the literature on modernization in early America., (Order No: 15656 ), $7.50
36. Stevenson, Mary Huff, DETERMINANTS OF LOW WAGES FOR WOMEN WORKERS, Praeger Special Studies, New York, (1984), 225pp, very good+, black cloth (hardcover) review slip laid in, ISBN 0030695295 Part of the "Landmark Dissertations in Women's Studies Series.", (Order No: 37425 ), $40.00
37. Stromquist, Shelton, A GENERATION OF BOOMERS: THE PATTERN OF RAILROAD LABOR CONFLICT IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1993) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 356pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0252063449 This volume explains the political economy of railroad labor relations and the character of the crisis that beset the nation in the 1890's., (Order No: 43353 ), $6.50
38. Suggs, George G., COLORADO'S WAR ON MILITANT UNIONISM - JAMES H. PEABODY AND THE WESTERN FEDERATION OF MINERS, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 242pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0806123966, (Order No: 41394 ), $4.00
39. Sweeney, Vincent D., THE UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA: TWENTY YEARS LATER, 1936-1956, n.p., n.p., [1956], B&W illustrations, 239pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover), As in the "First Ten Years," this book concerns itself primarily with the creation and growth of the Union; its problems, its achievements, its great loss through death of some of its original leaders., (Order No: 30664 ), $8.50
40. Winship, Stephen, A TESTING TIME: CRISIS AND REVIVAL IN NASHUA [NEW HAMPSHIRE], Nashua-New Hampshire Found., Nashua, NH, 1989, B&W illustrations, 208pp, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover) acetate cover as published, A history of the century-old cotton mills in Nashua, New Hampshire and the affect of their closings on the community with the economic and social impact and how the community dealt with the issues., (Order No: 38032 ), $65.00
41. Wolman, Leo (with a foreword by Wesley C. Mitchell), THE GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN TRADE UNIONS 1880-1923, Natl. Bureau of Economic Res, New York, 1924, charts and tables, 170pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 36266 ), $25.00
42. Zinn, Howard; Frank, Dana; and, Kelley, Robin D. G., THREE STRIKES: MINERS, MUSICIANS, SALESGIRLS, AND THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF LABOR'S LAST CENTURY, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, (2001) 1st ptg, 174pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807050121, (Order No: 51873 ), $5.00