Working hard for the American dream - Randi Storch

Working Hard for the American Dream examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day.

• Presents an overview of labor history that also considers women workers, ethnic America, and post-World War II workers
• Incorporates the most recent scholarship in labor history
• Takes the story of labor up to the present day in a readable and accessible manner

Randi Storch is Professor of History at the State University of New York, College at Cortland. She is author of Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-1935 (2007).

"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels of students; faculty and researchers; professionals; general readers." (Choice, 1 October 2013)