Lichtenstein, Nelson. State of the union; a century of American labor.LICHTENSTEIN, Nelson. State of the union; a century of American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of labor. Princeton Paperbacks. 336p. illus. notes. index. c2002. 0-891-11654-7. $18.95. SA Nelson Lichtenstein Nelson Lichtenstein (November 15, 1944) is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is best known as a labor historian and for his research into 20th century American political economics. is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State , and the author of many books on the labor movement in America. In his latest book, he has written a history of the labor union labor union: see union, labor. movement in America, from its inception in the 1930s to its current state. Along with history, he analyzes the cultural, economic, and political influences that have determined the attitudes Americans have had toward unions and labor. Decade by decade, the demands of the union movement and the response by government and management have changed and evolved as the country moved from an industrial society to a service and consumer-oriented one. This is a sophisticated and complex book of ideas that is an important resource for any student of labor unions. Nola Theiss, Sanibel, FL |
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