Do you appreciate your forty-hour five-day workweek? Appreciate having a safe working environment? Unions made this all possible in one way or another. Unions bring value to all sectors of a society. As the champion of people power versus corporate power unions help to spread the benefits of production throughout a society. Regardless of the state of the economy there is the timeless struggle of workers trying to gain or retain their rights. However a vast amount of Americans (including un...

"Poised to inspire a new generation of naturalists." - Publishers WeeklyA vibrant graphic adaptation of the classic science memoirRegarded as one of the world’s preeminent biologists, Edward O. Wilson spent his boyhood exploring the forests and swamps of south Alabama and the Florida panhandle, collecting snakes, butterflies, and ants—the latter to become his lifelong specialty. His memoir Naturalist, called “one of the finest sci...

"[An] action-packed Civil War title . . . a rousing introduction to this defining conflict that makes the history appealing and relatable." — Publishers WeeklyAn International Literacy Association Teachers' ChoiceA National Parenting Publications Silver WinnerHistory comes alive for kids like no textbook can in this epic account of the American Civil War that's perfect for history buffs and ...

A wounded war, a restless generation, and a love that cannot find peace. The Sun Also Rises (1926), by Ernest Hemingway, is a powerful portrait of the "Lost Generation"—men and women scarred by World War I, searching for meaning in a fractured world. The novel follows Jake Barnes, an American journalist living in Paris, and his circle of expatriate friends, including the dazzling and elusive Lady Brett Ashley. Together, they drift through cafés, nightclubs, and the bullrings of Spain, chas...

Newly updated: "An enjoyable introduction to American working-class history." — The American ProspectPraised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech workers in contemporary Sil...

"An intelligent critique of the contemporary plight of the middle class" ( Publishers Weekly)."I think many of us recognize that for all but the wealthiest, life in America is getting increasingly hard. Screwed explores why, showing how this is no accidental process, but rather the product of conscious political choices, choices we can change with enough courage and commitment. Like all of Thom's great work, it helps show us the way forward...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Democracy Awakening**, the paradoxical evolution of the Republican Party—founded to give the poor equal opportunity, but too often aligned with the country's elites.****"The most comprehensive account of the GOP and its competing impulses.” —**Los Angeles TimesWhen Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on ...

Michael Lind's Land of Promise is "[an] ambitious economic history of the United States . . . rich with details" ( New York Times Book Review).How did a weak collection of former British colonies become an industrial, financial, and military colossus?From the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the American economy has been transformed by wave after wave of emerging technology: the steam engine, electricity, the internal combustion eng...

From the nineteenth-century textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the contest between labor and capital for the American bounty has shaped our national experience.In this stirring new history, Philip Dray shows us the vital accomplishments of organized labor and illuminates its central role in our social, political, economic, and cultural evolution. His epic, character-driven narrative not only re...

The bestselling author of American Nations and Nations Apart examines the history of and solutions to the key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free societyThe struggle between individual rights and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention and in the run up to the Civil War to the f...

An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justiceCovering all the civil rights movement highlights--Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, and Memphis--award-winning historian Michael K. Honey introduces and traces Dr. King's dream of economic equality. Gathered in one volume for the first time, the majority of these speeches will be new to most readers. The collection begins with King's lectures to unions i...

"His aim is to make the history of labor in the U.S. more accessible to students and the general reader. He succeeds" ( Booklist).In a blend of economic, social, and political history, Paul Le Blanc shows how important labor issues have been, and continue to be, in the forging of our nation.Within a broad analytical framework, he highlights issues of class, gender, race, and ethnicity, and includes the views of key figures of United States labor. T...