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The Long Gilded Age - American Capitalism and the Lessons of a New World Order (Paperback)
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The Long Gilded Age - American Capitalism and the Lessons of a New World Order (Paperback)
Series: American Business, Politics, and Society
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From the end of the nineteenth century through the first decades of
the twentieth, the United States experienced unprecedented
structural change. Advances in communication and manufacturing
technology brought about a revolution for major industries such as
railroads, coal, and steel. The still-growing nation established
economic, political, and cultural entanglements with forces
overseas. Local strikes in manufacturing, urban transit, and
construction placed labor issues front and center in political
campaigns, legislative corridors, church pulpits, and newspapers of
the era. The Long Gilded Age considers the interlocking roles of
politics, labor, and internationalism in the ideologies and
institutions that emerged at the turn of the twentieth century.
Presenting a new twist on central themes of American labor and
working-class history, Leon Fink examines how the American
conceptualization of free labor played out in iconic industrial
strikes, and how "freedom" in the workplace became overwhelmingly
tilted toward individual property rights at the expense of larger
community standards. He investigates the legal and intellectual
centers of progressive thought, situating American policy actions
within an international context. In particular, he traces the
development of American socialism, which appealed to a young
generation by virtue of its very un-American roots and influences.
The Long Gilded Age offers both a transnational and comparative
look at a formative era in American political development, placing
this tumultuous period within a worldwide confrontation between the
capitalist marketplace and social transformation.
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