Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era (Working Class in American History)

Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era (Working Class in American History) by Kazin, Michael. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780252013454.

"Kazins book is about far more than the construction it also illuminates the social and political history of San Francisco. . . . Gracefully written and adorned with evocative portraits of local political and labor leaders, Barons of Labor is absorbing reading as well as a fine piece of history."-- The Nation "A bold and pioneering work that revises our understanding of skilled craftsmen and the politics of class in the Progressive Era."-- Journal of American History "Barons of Labor, is superb work, carefully researched and written with clarity, vitality, and wit, a pleasure as well as an education to read." -- Labor History