Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-305) and index.
1830s/1870s -- Awakenings : the first cross-class labor reform organizations, 1832/1848 -- Keeping the flame alive : the enduring vision of antebellum labor reform, 1848/1865 -- Acts of commission : labor reformers, activists, and the levers of political power, 1865/1870 -- The generation of 1869 : two leagues, a bureau, and a party -- 1870s/1900 -- Piety and protest : labor reform, religion, and mass demonstrations, 1872/1898 -- Spaces, places, and headquarters : workers, reformers, and the search for common ground, 1879/1900 -- New models for a new century : labor reform and the origins of the progressive movement, 1891/1900