About the Book: The World of the Worker illuminates workers’ lives at home, on the job, and in the voting booths. A new preface enhances this social, cultural, and political history: an unparalleled picture of working people during the turbulent rise and fall of the labor movement. “A fresh and provocative look at twentieth-century American unions, and a fine introduction to recent labor history scholarship.” — Leslie Woodcock Tentler, Washington Post Book World “Will be welcomed by anyone with a serious interest in labor history.” — Library Journal “Probably the best social history of twentieth-century labor there is.” — Kirkus Reviews “Virtually replaces any previously existing one-volume popular history of the labor movement.” — Ron Radosh, Democratic Left