Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse schwartz rather than looking at their

rather than looking at their own practices for causes of workplace conflict

In Revolutionary Nonviolence

wontedly attributed strikes and other unrest to aliens who either spread pernicious "foreign" doctrines or fell victim to their siren messages

These characterizations transcended nationality or ethnic group

Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse schwartz rather than looking at their289 pages hardcover Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse explores the connection between the so called robber barons who led American big businesses during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and the immigrants who composed many of their workforces. As Robert F. Zeidel argues, attribution of industrial era class conflict to an "alien" presence supplements nativisma sociocultural negativity toward foreign born residentsas a reason for Americans' dislike