{"product_id":"tramps-and-trade-union-travelers-internal-migration-and-organized-labor-in-gilded-age-america-1870-1900-paperback","title":"Tramps and Trade Union Travelers: Internal Migration and Organized Labor in Gilded Age America, 1870-1900 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Moody\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has there been no viable, independent labor party in the United States? Many people assert \"American exceptionalist\" arguments, which state a lack of class-consciousness and union tradition among American workers is to blame. While the racial, ethnic, and gender divisions within the American working class have created organizational challenges for the working class, Moody uses archival research to argue that despite their divisions, workers of all ethnic and racial groups in the Gilded Age often displayed high levels of class consciousness and political radicalism. In place of \"American exceptionalism,\" Moody contends that high levels of internal migration during the late 1800's created instability in the union and political organizations of workers. Because of the tumultuous conditions brought on by the uneven industrialization of early American capitalism, millions of workers became migrants, moving from state to state and city to city. The organizational weakness that resulted undermined efforts by American workers to build independent labor-based parties in the 1880s and 1890s. Using detailed research and primary sources; Moody traces how it was that 'pure-and-simple' unionism would triumph by the end of the century despite the existence of a significant socialist minority in organized labor at that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKim Moody \u003c\/strong\u003ewas a founder of \u003cem\u003eLabor Notes \u003c\/em\u003eand is the author of \u003cem\u003eOn New Terrain\u003c\/em\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Moody was a founder of \u003cem\u003eLabor Notes\u003c\/em\u003e and author of several books on the U.S. labor movement, including \u003cem\u003eOn New Terrain: How Capitalism is Reshaping the Battleground of Class War \u003c\/em\u003e(Haymarket Books, 2017), \u003cem\u003eIn Solidarity: Essays on Working-Class Organization in the United States \u003c\/em\u003e(Haymarket Books, 2014) and \u003cem\u003eU.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition\u003c\/em\u003e (Verso, 2007). He has a PhD from the University of Nottingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760389849376,"sku":"9781608467556","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d07c4e3324535d38faf1184ad21024e5.webp?v=1780178766","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tramps-and-trade-union-travelers-internal-migration-and-organized-labor-in-gilded-age-america-1870-1900-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}