Bread--and roses

Description:

Uses original source material to portray the momentous changes that took place in American labor, industry, and trade-unionism following the Civil War. Focuses on the work environment in this early age of mass production and mechanization, and shows how abusive conditions often led to labor unrest.

subjects: History,  Labor unions,  Labor movement,  Social conditions,  Working class,  United States,  Labor and laboring classes,  Trade-unions,  Labor unions, united states,  Labor unions, history,  Labor movement, united states,  United states, social conditions, 1865-1945,  Juvenile literature

Places: United States

Times: 1865-1918