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Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948 HOME - Exhibition Overview - Object List - Bibliography - Credits Exhibition Sections: Art of the People - The Radical Impulse - City Life Capital and Labor - The American Scene - Ben Goldstein CAPITAL AND LABOR Loading The division between capital and labor widened considerably after the Civil War as fledgling trade unions sought to assert the claims of their members against Gilded Age industrialists taking advantage of lax government regulations on issues of hours, health, safety, and compensation. Confrontations often turned violent and the widely reported brutal suppression of strikes by National Guard troops or private corporate armies raised public awareness and impelled intellectuals, middle class reformers, and even bohemian artists and writers to offer support to the labor movement. Until the outbreak of World War I and the development of the internal combustion engine gave new impetus to the American economy, doubts began to surface about the viability of capitalism itself. With the onset of the Great Depression those doubts returned. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
