A fantastic resources of biographies, directories, facts, and figures of the U.S. labor and socialist movements, as well as a look at the International and labor around the world, law, strikes and lockouts, living conditions, and government. This volume’s focus on labor and World War One is of particular interest. The Department of Labor Research began in 1913, with the yearbooks first published in 1916 and edited by Alexander Trachtenberg. Trachtenberg would leave in 1920, but the Year Books would continue to be published, and be a resources of importance, throughout the 1930s.

The American Labor Year Book 1917-1918, edited by Alexander Trachtenberg. The Department of Labor Research, Rand School of Social Science. New York, 1918.

Contents: I) LABOR AND WAR, U.S. in the War, American Labor in the War, Labor Laws in War Time, Labor in the British Government, English Women and the War, War Time Collectivism in Various Countries, A.F. of L. and Militarism, A.F. of L. and the War, American Socialists and the War, Socialist Party and the War (Majority Report), II) THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, Extent of Trade Unionism, American Federation of Labor: Principles, Economic Platform, Character, Membership, Finances, Directory, National Women’s Trade Union League, Strikes: Statistics of Strikes and Lockouts in the U.S., Mesaba Range, N.Y. Carmen’s, Bayonne, Chicago Garment Workers, Bisbee Deportation, Mooney Case, Murder of Frank Little, Hours of Labor, Fatigue and Duration of Labor, Eight-hour demand of Railway Workers, Chronology of Railroad Labor Dispute, Railroad Accidents, Industrial Unionism, Brief History of International Association of Machinists, Constitution and Platform of I.A. of M., Brief History of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, Constitution of I.L.G.W.U., III) LABOR AND THE LAW, Labor Legislation, Federal Child Labor Law, Workmen’s Compensation, Health Insurance, Court Decisions Affecting Labor, Arbitration in Labor Disputes in Various Countries, Arbitration in Australia, Arbitration of Railroad Labor Disputes, Colorado Industrial Disputes Act, Mothers’ Pensions, IV) SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, High Cost of Living, Manufactures in U.S., Earnings in U S., Low Wages and Sickness, Infant Mortality, Profits of Corporations, Railroad Ownership in U. S., Occupational Diseases, Sanitation and Safety, Economics of the Negro Problem, Land Problem in U.S., Non-Partisan League, Apprenticeship and Industrial Education, Municipal Ownership in U.S. and Abroad, Municipal Health Service, Woman Suffrage in U.S. and Abroad, Initiative and Referendum, Prohibition in U.S., U.S. Department of Labor, Labor and Federal Departments, V) THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST AND LABOR MOVEMENT, The International, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, China, India, Japan, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, The Mexican Constitution and Labor, Peru, Porto Rico, Uruguay, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, The Co-operative Movement in Various Countries, VI) THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, The Presidential Campaign, Socialist Party Vote 1916, Socialist Party Vote by States, Biennial Vote of Socialist Party, 1900-1912, Growth of Socialist Party and Socialist Labor Party Vote, Socialist Party Membership, Foreign Language Federations, Socialist Electoral Results in 1917, Directory of Socialist Party and Socialist Labor Party Officials, Socialist Administration in Milwaukee, Socialist Administration in Minneapolis, Socialist Legislation in Wisconsin, Socialist Legislation in Massachusetts, Socialists in Chicago Council, Socialists in Milwaukee School Board, Christian Socialists, Young People’s Socialist League, Socialist Labor Party in 1916, Unity Conference of Socialist Party and Socialist Labor Party, St. Louis Convention of Socialist Party, Socialist Party Platform, INDEX, List of Contributors. 392 pages.

Rand School of Social Science was founded in 1906 by supporters of the Socialist Party of America in New York City. A worker educations school, in addition to classes a publishing house, research institute, as well as camps and retreats were developed. The school came under the Social Democratic Federation after the split in the Socialist Party in 1936 and changed its name to the “Tamiment Institute and Library” with Its collection forming the basis the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives at New York University.

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