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amorphous, inefficient, irresponsible Socialism which has made Russia a lurid warning and Prussia a word of scorn, and that rational social ideal which is founded upon the conviction that society is ultimately an organic spiritual unity, the blending of a thousand diverse interests whose justly combined labors and harmonized talents create civilization and develop culture.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
While there is a vast amount of writing on the labor problem, there are very few works on the history of labor organizations in the United States. The main reliance for the earlier period, in the foregoing pages, has been the "Documentary History of American Industrial Society", edited by John R. Commons, 10 vols. (1910). The "History of Labour in the United States," 2 vols. (1918), which he published with associates, is the most convenient and complete compilation that has yet appeared and contains a large mass of historical material on the labor question.
The following works are devoted to discussions of various phases of the history of American labor and industry:
T. S. Adams and Helen L. Sumner, "Labor Problems" (1905). Contains several refreshing chapters on labor organizations.
F. T. Carlton, "The History and Problem of Organized Labor" (1911). A succinct discussion of union problems.
R. T. Ely, "The Labor Movement in America" (1886). Though one of the earliest American works on the subject, it remains indispensable.
G. G. Groat, "An Introduction to the Study of Organized Labor in America" (1916). A useful and up-to-date compendium. R. F. Hosie, "Trade Unionism in the United States" (1917). A suggestive study of the philosophy of unionism.
J. R. Commons (Ed.), "Trade Unionism and Labor Problems" (1905).
J. H. Hollander and G. E. Barnett (Eds.), "Studies in American Trade Unionism" (1905). These two volumes are collections of contemporary studies of many phases of organized labor by numerous scholars. They are not historical.
The "Report of the Industrial Commission," vol. XVII (1901) provides the most complete analysis of trade union policies and also contains valuable historical summaries of many unions.
G. E. McNeill (Ed.), "The Labor Movement: the Problem of Today" (1899.). This collection contains historical sketches of the organizations of the greater labor groups and of the development of the more important issues espoused by them. For many years it was the most comprehensive historical work on American unionism, and it remains a necessary source of information to the student of trades union history.
J. G. Brissenden, "The Launching of the Industrial Workers of the World" (1913). An account of the origin of the I.W.W.
J. G. Brooks, "American Syndicalism: the I.W.W." (1913).
John Mitchell, "Organized Labor" (1903). A suggestive exposition of the principles of Unionism by a distinguished labor leader. It contains only a limited amount of historical matter.
T. V. Powderly, "Thirty Years of Labor" (1889.) A history of the Knights of Labor from a personal viewpoint.
E. L. Bogart, "The Economic History of the United States" (rev. ed., 1918). A concise and clear account of our economic development.
R. T. Ely, "Evolution of Industrial Society" (1903).
Carroll D. Wright, "The Industrial Evolution of the United States" (1895).
G. S. Callender, "Selections from the Economic History of the United States" (1909). A collection of readings. The brief introductory essays to each chapter give a succinct account of American industrial development to 1860.
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
While there is a vast amount of writing on the labor problem, there are very few works on the history of labor organizations in the United States. The main reliance for the earlier period, in the foregoing pages, has been the "Documentary History of American Industrial Society", edited by John R. Commons, 10 vols. (1910). The "History of Labour in the United States," 2 vols. (1918), which he published with associates, is the most convenient and complete compilation that has yet appeared and contains a large mass of historical material on the labor question.
The following works are devoted to discussions of various phases of the history of American labor and industry:
T. S. Adams and Helen L. Sumner, "Labor Problems" (1905). Contains several refreshing chapters on labor organizations.
F. T. Carlton, "The History and Problem of Organized Labor" (1911). A succinct discussion of union problems.
R. T. Ely, "The Labor Movement in America" (1886). Though one of the earliest American works on the subject, it remains indispensable.
G. G. Groat, "An Introduction to the Study of Organized Labor in America" (1916). A useful and up-to-date compendium. R. F. Hosie, "Trade Unionism in the United States" (1917). A suggestive study of the philosophy of unionism.
J. R. Commons (Ed.), "Trade Unionism and Labor Problems" (1905).
J. H. Hollander and G. E. Barnett (Eds.), "Studies in American Trade Unionism" (1905). These two volumes are collections of contemporary studies of many phases of organized labor by numerous scholars. They are not historical.
The "Report of the Industrial Commission," vol. XVII (1901) provides the most complete analysis of trade union policies and also contains valuable historical summaries of many unions.
G. E. McNeill (Ed.), "The Labor Movement: the Problem of Today" (1899.). This collection contains historical sketches of the organizations of the greater labor groups and of the development of the more important issues espoused by them. For many years it was the most comprehensive historical work on American unionism, and it remains a necessary source of information to the student of trades union history.
J. G. Brissenden, "The Launching of the Industrial Workers of the World" (1913). An account of the origin of the I.W.W.
J. G. Brooks, "American Syndicalism: the I.W.W." (1913).
John Mitchell, "Organized Labor" (1903). A suggestive exposition of the principles of Unionism by a distinguished labor leader. It contains only a limited amount of historical matter.
T. V. Powderly, "Thirty Years of Labor" (1889.) A history of the Knights of Labor from a personal viewpoint.
E. L. Bogart, "The Economic History of the United States" (rev. ed., 1918). A concise and clear account of our economic development.
R. T. Ely, "Evolution of Industrial Society" (1903).
Carroll D. Wright, "The Industrial Evolution of the United States" (1895).
G. S. Callender, "Selections from the Economic History of the United States" (1909). A collection of readings. The brief introductory essays to each chapter give a succinct account of American industrial development to 1860.
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