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Immigration and American unionism /
Briggs explores the close relationship between immigration and employment trends beginning in the 1780s. Combining the history of labor and of immigration, he establishes that over time unionism has thrived when the numbers of newcomers have decreased, and faltered when those figures have risen. Bri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The base line (1788-1800)
- Mass immigration begins; unionism sparks but sputters (1800-1860)
- The "second wave" of mass immigration : unionism struggles but takes root (1861-1890)
- The "third wave" of mass immigration : unionism strives to survive (1891-1920)
- Mass immigration ceases; unionism takes off (1921-1965)
- Mass immigration returns; unionism declines (1965-2000)
- Conclusions.