HISTORY OF LABOUR IN

THE UNITED STATES

THE UNITED STATES

BY

JOHN R. COMMONS

DAVID J. SAPOSS HELEN L. SUMNER
E. B. MITTELMAN H. E. HOAGLAND
JOHN B. ANDREWS SELIG PERLMAN

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE

BY

HENRY W. FARNAM

VOLUME II

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

All rights reserved

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BY JOHN R. COMMONS

PART I. COLONIAL AND FEDERAL BEGINNINGS

(TO 1827

BY DAVID J. SAPOSS

CHAPTER I

ORIGIN OF TRADE UNIONS .

CHAPTER II

DEVELOPMENT OF BARGAINING CLASSES

CHAPTER III

THE MERCHANT-CAPITALIST.

CHAPTER IV

EARLY TRADE UNIONS

CHAPTER VI

SIGNS OF AWAKENING, 1820-1827.

PART II. CITIZENSHIP (1827-1833)

BY HELEN L. SUMNER

CHAPTER I

CAUSES OF THE AWAKENING.

CHAPTER II

RISE AND GROWTH IN PHILADELPHIA

CHAPTER V

CORDWAINERS' CONSPIRACY CASES, 1806-1815 I, 138

I, 25

I, 32

I, 88

I, 108

I, 153

I, 169

I, 185