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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
PART ONE: The Rise of Pure and Simple Politics 17
1 Building the Federation 19
The Social Roots of the AFL 20
Preserving the Trade Unions 27
Gompers and the Triumph of Conservative Unionism 36
2 The Revolt Against Party Slavery 48
The Problem of Working-Class Politics 49
The Birth of "Pure and Simple" Politics 55
Gompers's Political Vision 64
3 Labor's New Century 71
The Federation's Political Agenda 73
The Open-Shop Drive 88
Lobbying and Class Conflict 93
Beyond Lobbying 97
PART TWO: The Strike at the Ballot Box 105(110)
4 A Popular Uprising of Honest Men 107
Labor's Program 108
Resources at the Top 112
Tactics at the Bottom 118
Political Conflict in the AFL 131
5 Delivering the Labor Vote 142
Partisan Culture and the Working Class 143
The Birth of Labor's Democracy 152
Shall the People Rule? 162
Prosperity Politics 170
6 Party Politics and Workers' Discontent 181
Workers and the Campaign 182
The Local Face of Labor Politics 196
Workers Deliver Their Votes 210
PART THREE: The Retreat from Popular Politics 215
7 Quiet Campaigns 217
Rebellion Within and Without 217
Labor's Elite Politics 225
The Changing Terrain of American Politics 231
8 The Making of Labor's Democracy 242
AFL Politics and the New Democratic Order 243
Recasting American Labor Politics 249
Workers and the 1916 Presidential Campaign 259
Conclusion 274
Index 287