History of the labor movement in the United States : Volume VII: Labor and World War I, 1914-1918 / By Philip S. Foner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History of the labor movement in the United StatesPublication details: New York, NY: International Publishers Co., Inc., ©1987. Description: (Volume Seven) : 368 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0717806383
  • 071780627
  • 9780717806270
Other title:
  • Labor and World War I, 1914-1918 [Cover title]
  • Labor and World War One, 1914-1918 [Other title]
  • Volume VII: Labor and World War I, 1914-1918 [Other title]
  • Volume Seven: Labor and World War I, 1914-1918 [Other title]
  • Volume 7: Labor and World War I, 1914-1918 [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.88/0973 19
LOC classification:
  • HD 6508 .F57 1987
Online resources:
Partial contents:
1. The Socialist Party and World War I: From outbreak to U.S. entrance -- 2. Organized labor and World War I, 1914-1915 -- 3. Organized labor and preparedness -- 4. The Mooney-Billings frame-up -- 5. Labor's road to war -- 6. The People's Council and The AALD -- 7. Women and black workers in wartime industry -- 8. The government's war labor program -- 9. The government and women and black workers -- 10. Organized labor and the woman worker -- 11. Organized labor and the black worker -- 12. IWW organizing during the war: Lumber -- 13. IWW organizing during the war: Mining -- 14. Wartime repression: The IWW -- 15. Wartime repression: The socialists -- 16. Labor at the war's end.
Summary: "Volume 7 begins with the position of the Socialist Party of America and organized labor, especially the American Federation of Labor (AFL), the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and the Railroad Brotherhoods toward the outbreak of World War I in Europe in August, 1914. It carries the story to America's entrance into the war in April, 1917, the experiences of organized labor and the Socialist Party during the war, and ends with the situation of the labor movement at the end of the war in November, 1918. Special attention, as in previous volumes, has been paid to the experiences of Black and women workers." -- from the preface
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This is the seventh volume of the history of the labor movement in the United States series. It is preceded by the sixth volume: On the Eve of America's Entrance Into World War I, 1915-1916; and succeeded by the eighth volume: Postwar Struggles, 1918-1920.

This resource includes a table showing the number of women employed in various categories of industries per 1,000 wage earners from before the first draft to after the second draft. This resource also includes a list of the average cost of living expenses for women in 1917.

This book includes biographical summaries of individuals mentioned in the seventh volume of this publication.

Includes biographical references (pages 369-399) and index.

1. The Socialist Party and World War I: From outbreak to U.S. entrance -- 2. Organized labor and World War I, 1914-1915 -- 3. Organized labor and preparedness -- 4. The Mooney-Billings frame-up -- 5. Labor's road to war -- 6. The People's Council and The AALD -- 7. Women and black workers in wartime industry -- 8. The government's war labor program -- 9. The government and women and black workers -- 10. Organized labor and the woman worker -- 11. Organized labor and the black worker -- 12. IWW organizing during the war: Lumber -- 13. IWW organizing during the war: Mining -- 14. Wartime repression: The IWW -- 15. Wartime repression: The socialists -- 16. Labor at the war's end.

"Volume 7 begins with the position of the Socialist Party of America and organized labor, especially the American Federation of Labor (AFL), the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and the Railroad Brotherhoods toward the outbreak of World War I in Europe in August, 1914. It carries the story to America's entrance into the war in April, 1917, the experiences of organized labor and the Socialist Party during the war, and ends with the situation of the labor movement at the end of the war in November, 1918. Special attention, as in previous volumes, has been paid to the experiences of Black and women workers." -- from the preface

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