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Organized in 1869, it was the first effective labor organization that was more than regional in membership and influence. The Knights believed in the unity of the interests of all producing groups and sought to enlist in their ranks not only all laborers but everyone who could be truly classified as a producer. The acceptance of all producers led to explosive growth after 1880.
Organized in 1869, it was the first effective labor organization that was more than regional in membership and influence. The Knights believed in the unity of the interests of all producing groups and sought to enlist in their ranks not only all laborers but everyone who could be truly classified as a producer. The acceptance of all producers led to explosive growth after 1880.
The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was the most ambitious and significant labor organization of the [[Gilded Age]]. As the charismatic leader of this group, Irish Catholic [[Terence Powderly]] was America's first nationally known labor leader, the first to achieve a high degree of recognition from working people, industrialists, and politicians across the continent. To most Americans, Powderly was the Knights of Labor.
Under the leadership of Powderly, the Knights championed a variety of causes, sometimes through political or [[cooperative]] ventures. Powderly hoped to achieve their ends through politics and education rather than through economic coercion. They were willing to form political coalitions with farmers, radicals, and prohibitionists, but rarely won office beyond local city elections. They did induce many states to form bureaus of labor statistics to collect nonpartisan information on the condition of workers.
*Grob, Gerald N. ''Workers and Utopia: A Study of Ideological Conflict in the American Labor Movement, 1865-1900'' (1961) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=92020468 online edition]
*Grob, Gerald N. ''Workers and Utopia: A Study of Ideological Conflict in the American Labor Movement, 1865-1900'' (1961) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=92020468 online edition]
*Orth, Samuel P. ''The Armies of Labor: A Chronicle of the Organized Wage-Earners'' (1919) [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3038 short overview online edition]
*Orth, Samuel P. ''The Armies of Labor: A Chronicle of the Organized Wage-Earners'' (1919) [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3038 short overview online edition]
* Phelan, Craig. ''Grand Master Workman: Terence Powderly and the Knights of Labor'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Master-Workman-Powderly-Contributions/dp/0313309485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247201235&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search], major scholarly study of Powderly and his Knights
* Van Tine, Warren R. ''The Making of the Labor Bureaucrat: Union Leadership in the United States, 1870-1920'' (1973) [http://www.questia.com/read/77619256 online edition]
* Van Tine, Warren R. ''The Making of the Labor Bureaucrat: Union Leadership in the United States, 1870-1920'' (1973) [http://www.questia.com/read/77619256 online edition]
*Voss, Kim. ''The Making of American Exceptionalism: The Knights of Labor and Class Formation in the Nineteenth Century'' (1993) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103669154 online edition]
*Voss, Kim. ''The Making of American Exceptionalism: The Knights of Labor and Class Formation in the Nineteenth Century'' (1993) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103669154 online edition]
*Weir, Robert E. ''Beyond Labor's Veil: The Culture of the Knights of Labor'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=17819511 online edition]
*Weir, Robert E. ''Beyond Labor's Veil: The Culture of the Knights of Labor'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=17819511 online edition]
*[http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/railroad.htm#D Bibliography of online resources on railway labor in late 19th century]
*[http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/railroad.htm#D Bibliography of online resources on railway labor in late 19th century]
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