Amid the turmoil of conflicting world forces, economic and social, the origin and development of the labor movement has been obscured. This is a study of its main outlines in those countries where it first became coherent. England was the first country to produce a continuous labor movement, followed by France and then Germany, which contributed some of the most enlightened social legislation in the world.

Originally published in 1942.

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