Rethinking the American labor movement /

"Elizabeth Faue reconsiders the varied strains of the labor movement, situating them within the context of rapidly transforming twentieth-century American society to show how these efforts have formed a political and social movement that has shaped the trajectory of American life. Rethinking th...

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Main Author: Faue, Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Series:American social and political movements of the twentieth century.
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520 |a "Elizabeth Faue reconsiders the varied strains of the labor movement, situating them within the context of rapidly transforming twentieth-century American society to show how these efforts have formed a political and social movement that has shaped the trajectory of American life. Rethinking the American Labor Movement is indispensable reading for scholars and students interested in American labor in the twentieth century and in the interplay between labor, wealth, and power." 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a Origins of Modern Trade Unionism -- Insurgent Labor, 1905-1922 -- Rebuilding the Movement, 1922-1945 -- Stability and Retreat, 1945-1960: Labor's "Men of Power," the Cold War, and the State -- Lost Opportunities, 1961-1981: Labor, New Social Movements, and Economic Change -- Labor's Strengths and Weaknesses, 1981-Present -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Labor in American Politics. 
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505 0 |a Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Editor's Series Introduction; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Origins of the Labor Movement in the Nineteenth Century; The Labor Crisis of the 1870s; The Outline of the Book; Notes; 1. Origins of Modern Trade Unionism; The Trade Union Origins of the Modern American Labor Movement; The Politics of Skill in an Age of Mass Production; The Origins of the American Federation of Labor; The Reign of Gompers; The Risks and Limits of Railroad Labor; The Fiery Furnace: Labor Strife and Prudential Unionism; Pullman Strike. 
505 8 |a "Government by Injunction"The Labor Question in a New Age; Notes; 2. Insurgent Labor, 1905-1922; Mass Production Industry and the Modern American Labor Movement; Trade Unions and Industrial Unionism; A New Model?; Workers in the West; The AFL's Turn to Politics; American Syndicalism; The New Unionism Spreads; Immigrants and the Lawrence Strike; The Ludlow Massacre and the Power of Public Opinion; Wheatland and the Reach of Industrial Unionism; Industrial Democracy and the Coming War; Industrial Democracy: Victory and Defeat; Notes; 3. Rebuilding the Movement, 1922-1945. 
505 8 |a The Meaning of Victory and DefeatThe Narrow Limits of Labor's Power and Organized Employers; Consumer Culture and Worker Cohesion; Women Workers; Organizing in the Periphery: Labor Stirrings; Workers and the Economic Crisis, 1929; The Uprisings of 1934; Labor's New Deal: The Wagner Act and the Rise of the CIO; Conservative Backlash and the End of Labor's New Deal; The Coming of World War II and Defense Industry; Labor and Equality of Sacrifice in Wartime; United in War, Divided in the Workplace; Conclusion; Notes. 
505 8 |a 4. Stability and Retreat, 1945-1960: Labor's "Men of Power," the Cold War, and the StateLabor in the Postwar World; Postwar Effects: The Other Working Class; Labor's New Power and the Postwar Paradox; Operation Dixie: Expanding Labor's Domain?; The Taft-Hartley Act: Employers and Labor at Impasse; Realigning Labor and Anti-Communism; The Right to Work in Corporate America; Consolidation: Powerhouse Labor; Blue Collar Workers in the Postwar Years; Union Men and "Mad Men"; Teamsters and Longshoremen: Union Transformations in the 1950s; Conservative Powers and Labor Law Reform; Conclusion; Notes. 
505 8 |a 5. Lost Opportunities, 1961-1981: Labor, New Social Movements, and Economic ChangePublic Employee Unionism in an Era of Social Upheaval; Changes Beyond the Public Sector; The Lost Civil Rights Legacy and the Labor Movement; Dissident Unionism; The Other Labor Movement: Women and Labor in the 1970s and 1980s; Structural Changes: Defense and the Energy Crisis; Public Sector Unionism and the Crisis in the Public Sector; Economic Decline and Political Stasis; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Labor's Strengths and Weaknesses, 1981-Present; American Labor Politics. 
500 |a Change and Resistance: The Iron Law of Oligarchy. 
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