New book announcement: Good, Reliable, White Men: Railroad Brotherhoods, 1877-1917 by Paul Michel Taillon
Paul Michel Taillon's study of the independent railroad brotherhoods investigates the impact of these unions on politics and society from the period of their formation in the 1860s and '70s to the consolidation of their power on the eve of World War I. Notorious for their conservative bent and exclusiveness based on race and trade, the brotherhoods employed trade unionism to their advantage while demonstrating a capacity for change and a particular acumen for negotiating in political and public circles. In chronicling the successes and failures of these railroad unions, Taillon shows how they employed capitalist principles; how they were influenced by considerations of gender, race, and class; and how they prompted momentous debates about the proper relationships among government, private enterprise, labor, and management.
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