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American Labor and American Democracy - William English Walling (Paperback, New edition)
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American Labor and American Democracy - William English Walling (Paperback, New edition)
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In "American Labor and American Democracy," William English Walling
drew on his close association with Samuel Gompers and other leaders
of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to write the
authoritative history of the labor movement in the first quarter of
the twentieth century. Walling's position was that
twentieth-century American democracy was not stagnant. It was a
living, developing trend in society, with the AFL as its most
progressive force. There could be no passive acceptance of American
institutions as they stood: government in the twentieth century
would need to develop into a medium for attaining social ideals and
needs beyond individual realization. The aim of American labor was
a pluralistic economic democracy in which government and industry
would be guided by economic organizations representing not only
labor, but every essential social group. Richard Schneirov, in his
introduction to this new edition of a classic book, paints a rich
and detailed picture of Walling's political and intellectual
journey, and of his many contributions to the synthesis of
democratic and socialist principles. "American Labor and American
Democracy" is an important work that will help reevaluate our
understanding of labor and working-class history, establish a new
perspective on today's labor movement, and shed light on the
relationship of labor to socialism, capitalism, democracy, and
social movements; the nature of the large business corporation; and
the relationship of special interest groups to democracy. William
English Walling (1877-1936) was a social reform activist who helped
found the National Women's Trade Union League in 1903 and the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.
He authored several influential works, including "Socialism as it
Is: A Survey of the World-Wide Revolutionary Movement," "The Larger
Aspects of Socialism," "Progessivism and After," and "The
Socialists and the War." Richard Schneirov is professor of history
at Indiana State University, and has also taught at The Ohio State
University and the Institut f3r England und Amerikastudien at the
University of Frankfurt, Germany. He is the author of "Labor and
Urban Politics: Class Conflict and the Origins of Modern Liberalism
in Chicago, 1864-97," which was awarded the Urban History
Association's prize for best urban history in North America for
1998 and co-edited "The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the
1890s."
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