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Commonwealth of Toil : Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions
author
:
Juravich, Tom.; Hartford, William F.; Green, James R.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
:
1558490450
print isbn13
:
9781558490451
ebook isbn13
:
9780585253466
language
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English
subject
Labor movement--Massachusetts--History, Labor unions--Massachusetts--History, Labor--Massachusetts--History, Working class--Massachusetts--History.
publication date
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1996
lcc
:
HD8083.M4J87 1996eb
ddc
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331.88/09744
subject
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Labor movement--Massachusetts--History, Labor unions--Massachusetts--History, Labor--Massachusetts--History, Working class--Massachusetts--History.
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Commonwealth of Toil
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Commonwealth of Toil
Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions
Tom Juravich William F. Hartford James R. Green
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Copyright 1996 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 96-19249 ISBN 1-55849-045-0 (cloth); 046-9 (pbk.)
Designed by Dennis Anderson Set in Adobe Garamond Printed by Cayuga Press, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Juravich, Tom. Commonwealth of toil : chapters in the history of Massachusetts workers and their unions / Tom Juravich, William F. Hartford, James R. Green. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55849-045-0 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 1-55849-046-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Labor movementMassachusettsHistory. 2. Trade-unions MassachusettsHistory. 3. LaborMassachusettsHistory. 4. Working classMassachusettsHistory. I. Hartford, William F., 1949. II. Green, James R. 1944. III. Title. HD8083.M4J87 1996 331.88'09744dc20 96-19249 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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For the working men and women of Massachusetts, past and present
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Commonwealth of Toil
We have a glowing dream Of how fair the world will seem When each one lives their life secure and free When the earth is owned by labor And there's joy and peace for all In the Commonwealth of Toil that is to be.
Popular IWW song written by Ralph Chaplin, 1918
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
Part I: Workers in the New Commonwealth, 18001849
1
1 Working Women and the Factory System in Lowell
5
2 The Boston Bootmakers in the Supreme Judicial Court
12
3 The Movement for the Ten-Hour Day
19
Part II: From Slavery to Freedom, 18501865
27
4 Frederick Douglass and the Antislavery Movement in Massachusetts
29
5 "Free Labor" Triumphs in the Civil War
37
Part III: The Call for Solidarity, 18661901
45
6 The Crispins and the Knights of Labor
47
7 The American Federation of Labor
54
8 Irish Immigrants Build Holyoke
61
Part IV: Women Workers Struggle for Dignity and Equality, 19021919
71
9 The Strike for Bread and Roses in Lawrence
75
10 The Women's Trade Union League and the Telephone Operators
87
Part V: From Raw Deal to New Deal, 19201939
95
11 Surviving Hard Times
99
12 The Birth of the CIO and the Revival of the AFL
107
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Part VI: Labor in the Modern Commonwealth, 19401955
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