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- Book Title
- Working Hard for the American Dream
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1118541499
ISBN-13
9781118541494
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143548971
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Publication Name
Working Hard for the American Dream : Workers and Their Unions, World War I to the Present
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Economic Conditions, Labor, United States / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Series
The American History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels of students; faculty and researchers; professionals; general readers." ( Choice , 1 October 2013)
Series Volume Number
46
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
331.0973
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Back to the Future 1 1 "Everyone Was Ready For Unionism": The Precursors, Promises, and Pitfalls of Industrial Unions in the 1930s 10 Political Prelude: Industrial Democracy Betrayed, from Wilson to Hoover 12 Corporate Prelude: The Unintended Consequences of 1920s Corporate Policies 25 Working-Class Prelude: Activism 32 A New Deal for Workers: A Failed and Flawed Start 41 Fighting for Unionism in the 1930s Without Meaningful Federal Protection 44 The Wagner Act and Industrial Unionism 48 Corporate Resistance and Workers' Unity 58 Extending the New Deal for Workers 61 Assessing Workers' New Deal and Industrial Unionism 65 Conclusion 68 2 Big Wars, Big Labor, Big Costs 70 Wartime Mobilization, 1939-1941 73 Government Intervention: War Industries and Labor Policies, 1941-1945 87 Wartime Demographic Developments 93 Crisis in Industrial Relations, 1945-1946 103 Postwar Politics and Taft-Hartley, 1946-1948 108 Political (Mis)calculations: Operation Dixie, CIO Purges, and International Alliances, 1946-1950s 114 Big Labor, Big Costs, 1955-1960s 120 Conclusion 127 3 Civil Rights Versus Labor Rights, 1960s-1970s 128 Expanding Public and Service Sectors 131 Public Sector Workers and Union Rights 133 New Laws and Workplace Challenges 141 Women and Workplace Rights 151 The Push and Pull of Changing Times: New Unionists, Rank-and-File Movements, AFL-CIO Leaders, and Nixon 157 Unionists Divided and Under Siege 169 Conclusion 172 4 Working More for Less and Other Troubles for Workers in the Late Twentieth Century 174 Profit Making in a Global World 176 The Human Price of Modern Capitalism 182 The Political Shaping of the Economy 189 The AFL-CIO Leadership's Resistance to Change 199 Innovation and Possibilities 205 Change from the Bottom-Up 216 Conclusion 222 Epilogue: The Illusive American Dream: A Personal Journey 224 Bibliographical Essay 253 Index 278
Synopsis
Working Hard for the American Dream examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. The labor history presented here includes consideration of the importance of women workers, ethnic America, and post-World War II workers., Working Hard for the American Dream presents an in-depth examination of the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. By taking a working-class perspective, the text vividly illustrates the ways average workers experienced the U.S. economy's changing nature, the relationship of the government to workers, and how global economic and political forces affected and were affected by working Americans. We are shown how evolving economic developments and the changing composition of the nation's working class affected working-class agency and protest, ideologies, and organization. Workers' struggle to exert power in the modern workplace is also examined, along with how and why workplace activism has changed over time among a broad range of industrial, agricultural, public, and service workers. Incorporating the most recent scholarship in labor history, Working Hard for the American Dream offers illuminating insights into 20th-century union history in the United States., Working Hard for the American Dream examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. Presents an overview of labor history that also considers women workers, ethnic America, and post-World War II workers Incorporates the most recent scholarship in labor history Takes the story of labor up to the present day in a readable and accessible manner
LC Classification Number
HD8072.5
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