an invaluable reference tool for the serious scholar of labor history... Essential for most academic and research libraries. Library Journal
nk /f Gary /i M. /r ed.-in-chief
?In addition to containing a great deal of useful information
beyond the traditional brief format of the others it is also one of
the few sources for information on deceased labor leaders. There
are several useful appendices: entries by union affiliation,
religious preference, place of birth, formal education, appointed
and elected public offices, and an index.?-RQ
?This updated and expanded revision of the Biographical Dictionary
of American Labor Leaders, originally published in 1974, is an
invaluable reference tool for the serious scholar of labor history.
The new volume includes some 50 percent more biographical entries,
particularly among women, radical labor figures, and blacks.
Moreover, a broad statistical portrait' of labor leaders is
provided through a detailed examination of numerous institutional,
biographical, social, and political variables for four crucial
periods--1900, 1925, 1946, and 1976. This data is amplified by
means of several fictionalized representative biographies
illustrating the general characteristics of each time period. The
bibliography also has been brought up to date. Essential for most
academic and research libraries.?-Library Journal
"In addition to containing a great deal of useful information
beyond the traditional brief format of the others it is also one of
the few sources for information on deceased labor leaders. There
are several useful appendices: entries by union affiliation,
religious preference, place of birth, formal education, appointed
and elected public offices, and an index."-RQ
"This updated and expanded revision of the Biographical Dictionary
of American Labor Leaders, originally published in 1974, is an
invaluable reference tool for the serious scholar of labor history.
The new volume includes some 50 percent more biographical entries,
particularly among women, radical labor figures, and blacks.
Moreover, a broad statistical portrait' of labor leaders is
provided through a detailed examination of numerous institutional,
biographical, social, and political variables for four crucial
periods--1900, 1925, 1946, and 1976. This data is amplified by
means of several fictionalized representative biographies
illustrating the general characteristics of each time period. The
bibliography also has been brought up to date. Essential for most
academic and research libraries."-Library Journal
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