Chronicles the history of labor in America from colonial days into the twenty-first century, examining such topics as the first unions, labor strength in the 1830s, the Progressive Era, the New Deal, the world wars, and the AFL-CIO merger.
After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentlman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving.
Provides a comprehensive examination of child labor in the United States and includes discussions on how child labor affects the economy, the dangers present to child laborers, and how child labor impacts national development.
Corey Sifter is befriended by the wealthy Metarey family, a politically powerful dynasty in New York, and becomes an aide to New York senator Henry Bonwiller as he runs for the Democratic presidential nomination during the Nixon era.
