Grand Army of Labor


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Enlisting memory in a new fight for freedom From the Gilded Age through the Progressive era, labor movements reinterpreted Abraham Lincoln as a liberator of working people while workers equated activism with their own service fighting for freedom during the war. Matthew E. Stanley explores the wide-ranging meanings and diverse imagery used by Civil War veterans within the sprawling radical politics of the time. As he shows, a rich world of rituals, songs, speeches, and newspapers emerged among the many strains of working class cultural politics within the labor movement. Yet tensions arose even among allies. Some people rooted Civil War commemoration in nationalism and reform, and in time, these conservative currents marginalized radical workers who tied their remembering to revolution, internationalism, and socialism. An original consideration of meaning and memory, Grand Army of Labor reveals the complex ways workers drew on themes of emancipation and equality in the long battle for workers’ rights.




Congressional Record


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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)




Boss Lady


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Too often, depictions of women's rise in corporate America leave out the first generation of breakthrough women entrepreneurs. Here, Edith Sparks restores the careers of three pioneering businesswomen--Tillie Lewis (founder of Flotill Products), Olive Ann Beech (cofounder of Beech Aircraft), and Margaret Rudkin (founder of Pepperidge Farm)--who started their own manufacturing companies in the 1930s, sold them to major corporations in the 1960s and 1970s, and became members of their corporate boards. These leaders began their ascent to the highest echelons of the business world before women had widespread access to higher education and before there were federal programs to incentivize women entrepreneurs or laws to prohibit credit discrimination. In telling their stories, Sparks demonstrates how these women at once rejected cultural prescriptions and manipulated them to their advantage, leveraged familial connections, and seized government opportunities, all while advocating for themselves in business environments that were not designed for women, let alone for women leaders. By contextualizing the careers of these hugely successful yet largely forgotten entrepreneurs, Sparks adds a vital dimension to the history of twentieth-century corporate America and provides a powerful lesson on what it took for women to succeed in this male-dominated business world.




The Railway Clerk


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The New Men of Power


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When C. Wright Mills published The New Men of Power in 1948, he thought labor leaders a new strategic elite and the unions a set of vanguard organizations that were crucial to "stopping the main drift towards war and slump." Today, as the unions once again seek to play a decisive role in American life, Mills' remarkable probe into the structure and ideology of mid-twentieth-century trade unionism remains essential reading. A new introduction by historian Nelson Lichtenstein offers insight into the Millsian political world at the time he wrote The New Men of Power.




The Cycles of American History


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Originally published: 1986. With new introd.




HACK THE JOB


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One of the simple hacks shared in this book helped the author move from a $22,000 a year job to a $65,000 a year job in one month. Just one hack was worth $43,000! While such results are not typical or guaranteed, one of these hacks may be just what you need to kick start, boost, salvage or secure your career. Employment has turned into a high-speed roller coaster ride for employees over the last couple of years. And job automation is snatching away their safety restraints midway exposing them to the real threat of a dangerous plunge. Employees have to throw away the old rulebook and instead hack their way to success and security in a lopsided battle for jobs against intelligent machines in what is predicted to be an unprecedentedly competitive future. Over 2100 years of collective experiences of employees around the world are bundled into this comprehensive yet practical hack book! This indispensable book arms you with powerful hacks that you can apply to: Gain clarity on the fundamental reasons why you work or want a job Find your first or next dream job by confidently clearing interviews Transform your current job into a dream job by bridging the gap Become the master key that can unlock any type of Boss Recognize what your organization really expects from its employees Gain insight into what happens behind the scenes in management Determine if it’s time to consider a job or career change Ace your performance appraisals to receive the highest rating Get elevated to higher positions quickly Obtain the maximum hike percentages and bonuses Salvage and boost a stagnating career Minimize your chances of being fired or laid off Bounce back quickly from a job loss situation Adopt the right strategy to ride the job automation wave Minimize stress and achieve a better work-personal life balance Deal with a mid-life or mid-career crisis “If an employee will read only one book in an entire lifetime, it has to be this one!”