PART Ⅰ．THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL 1
1 LABOR MOVEMENTS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR 3
(1) Early Beginnings，to 1827 3
(2) Equal Citizenship，1827-1832 9
(3) The Period of the＂Wild-Cat＂Prosperity，1833-1837 18
(4) The Long Depression，1837-1862 29
2 THE＂GREENBACK＂PERIOD，1862-1879 42
3 THE BEGINNING OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR AND OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR 68
4 REVIVAL AND UPHEAVAL，1879-1887 81
5 THE VICTORY OF CRAFT UNIONISM AND THE FINAL FAILURE OF PRODUCERS＇ COOPERATION 106
6 STABILIZATION，1888-1897 130
7 TRADE UNIONISM AND THE COURTS 146
PART Ⅱ．THE LARGER CAREER OF UNIONISM 163
8 PARTIAL RECOGNITION AND NEW DIFFICULTIES，1898-1914 163
(1) The Miners 167
(2) The Railway Men 180
(3) The Machinery and Metal Trades 186
(4) The Employers＇ Reaction 190
(5) Legislation，Courts，and Politics 198
9 RADICAL UNIONISM AND A＂COUNTER-REFORMATION＂ 208
10 THE WAR-TIME BALANCE SHEET 226
11 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 245
PART Ⅲ．CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES 265
12 AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION 265
13 THE IDEALISTIC FACTOR 279
14 WHY THERE IS NOT AN AMERICAN LABOR PARTY 285
15 THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND TRADE UNIONISM 295
BIBLIOGRAPHY 307
INDEX 309