Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits A Century of Building Trades History

Name: Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits A Century of Building Trades History
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ISBN: 9780801474149

ISBN-10: 0801474140

ISBN-13: 9780801474149

Edition: 2007

Authors: Grace Palladino

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Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits follows the history of the Building and Construction Trades Department from the emergence of building trades councils in the age of the skyscraper; through treacherous fights over jurisdiction as new building materials and methods of work evolved; and through numerous Department campaigns to improve safety standards, work with contractors to promote unionized construction, and forge a sense of industrial unity among its fifteen (and at times nineteen) autonomous and highly diverse affiliates. Arranged chronologically, Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits is based on archival research in Department, AFL-CIO, and U.S. government records as well as numerous union…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 5/22/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English