Capital, Labor, and State - The Battle for American Labor Markets from the Civil War to the New Deal (Paperback)

Capital, Labor, and State is a systematic and thorough examination of American labor policy from the Civil War to the New Deal. David Brian Robertson skillfully demonstrates that although most industrializing nations began to limit employer freedom and regulate labor conditions in the 1900s, the United States continued to allow total employer discretion in decisions concerning hiring, firing, and workplace conditions. Robertson argues that the American constitution made it much more difficult for the American Federation of Labor, government, and business to cooperate for mutual gain as extensively as their counterparts abroad, so that even at the height of New Deal, American labor market policy remained a patchwork of limited protections, uneven laws, and poor enforcement, lacking basic national standards even for child labor.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2000
First published:	August 2000
Authors:	David Brian Robertson
Dimensions:	233 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-8476-9729-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Employment & labour law Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-8476-9729-0
Barcode:	9780847697298

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