Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-402) and index.
Contents
The yeoman farmer: 1783-1900 -- The role of enslaved workers: 1619-1865 -- The factory system emerges: 1733-1865 -- Building a transportation network: 1794-1900 -- The mining frontier: 1719-1900 -- Industry in the Gilded Age: 1870-1914 -- Labor organizes: 1788-1918 -- The cowboy: 1840-1886 -- The movement to end child labor: 1875-1924 -- The Great Depression: 1929-1941 -- The labor movement in growth and decline: 1917-1999 -- African Americans seek equality in the workplace: 1865-1996 -- The changing role of women: 1776-1999 -- The American worker faces the future: 1946-1999 -- Appendix A: Documents -- Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities -- Appendix C: Maps.