The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 6: The American Federation of Labor and the Rise of Progressivism, 1902-6

The Samuel Gompers Papers #6

by Samuel Gompers, Peter J. Albert, Stuart B. Kaufman

      The saga of the nation's premier
        labor leader continues as this multi-volume documentary history moves,
        with Volume 6, into the early years of the twentieth century. Fully annotated
        and thoroughly indexed, The American Federation of Labor and the Rise
        of Progressivism, 1902-1906 provides the historical context often
        missing in other works about that era.
      From early reviews:
      "This collection belongs
        on the shelf of anyone teaching American labor history, but it also should
        prove useful to scholars with related interests." -- James Grossman,
        Illinois Historical Review
 

664 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1997

About the author

Samuel Gompers was an English-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924.