ABSTRACT
The Granger Movement, 1867–86: Co-operative schemes, Granger laws and the Wabash decision (1886) – The Currency Movement and Farmers’ Alliances – Populism, 1890–6 – The return of prosperity – The post-war Labour Movement – Trade Unionism: the National Labour Union; the Knights of Labour; the American Federation of Labour. Unrest in the ’80’s and ’90’s: the Pullman Strike (1894) and its implications – Labour in 1917; the I. W. W. and after – Character of the Labour Movement in America.
