Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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2004., Pre-adolescent, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 973.81 BRE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Examines the life and career of Boss Tweed, the powerful, influential, and corrupt public works commissioner for New York City from 1863-1871, and of the political organization that he and his associates controlled.
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2004., Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 343.73 Cef Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Discusses trade and commerce in the early years of the United States, looking at conditions and practices that led the new government to enact an official set of commerce laws to regulate activities throughout the states.
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-- Fight for an eight-hour workday2004., Juvenile, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 973.85 BRE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Provides information about labor unions, discussing their formation in the 1800s to ensure better working conditions for workers, and looks at the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national union to help the working class, as well as the riot that erupted in 1886 after a clash between unions and the Chicago police.
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-- Fight for an eight-hour workday2004., Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 977.3 Bre Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Provides information about labor unions, discussing their formation in the 1800s to ensure better working conditions for workers, and looks at the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national union to help the working class, as well as the riot that erupted in 1886 after a clash between unions and the Chicago police.
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2004., Pre-adolescent, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 973.8 JAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Chronicles the development of railroads, steel, and oil as moneymakers in nineteenth-century America, describing their impact on labor practices and everyday life in the U.S.
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2004, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 338.6 44 097309034 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Chronicles the development of railroads, steel, and oil as moneymakers in nineteenth-century America, describing their impact on labor practices and everyday life in the U.S.
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2004., Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 338.6 Jar Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Chronicles the development of railroads, steel, and oil as moneymakers in nineteenth-century America, describing their impact on labor practices and everyday life in the U.S.
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2004., Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 324.273 Por Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Traces the history of the Democratic Party from its founding by Thomas Jefferson in 1792, to the end of the nineteenth century, focusing on how issues of the day affected the choices of Democratic presidential candidates and campaigns, as well as election results.
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c2004, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 385 .0973 09034 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Explains how industrialization prompted the need for long-distance transportation in nineteenth-century America, and looks at the development of the steam locomotive, cross-country railroads, and the steamship.
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2004., Juvenile, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 342.73 CEF Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Provides information about the Sherman Antitrust Act, a national law passed in 1890 primarily to defend against the abuse of power by big business.
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2004., Pre-adolescent, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 343.73 Cef Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Provides information about the Sherman Antitrust Act, a national law passed in 1890 primarily to defend against the abuse of power by big business.