Bread and Roses, and the Iron Heel

The real cataclysm of the release of energy principal: the confrontation of labor and capital during a depression caused by the recklessness of finance.

Readings

Assigned

Arnold M. Paul's Conservative Crisis and the Rule of the Law: Attitudes of Bar and Bench 1887-1895 (1965)

Suggested

Notes and Materials

Wikipedia article on the New Orleans 1907 general dockworkers strike - slightly past the time frame of this class session, but an example of the conflict between labor and management as well as the growth of unions.

Projects