Working Hard for the American Dream : Workers and Their Unions, World War I to the Present

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 historyTakes the story of labor up to the present day in a readable and accessible manner

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Storch, Randi
Publisher:	New York : Wiley
Subject:	Gewerkschaft \| Trade union \| Gewerkschaftsbewegung \| Trade union movement \| Arbeiterbewegung \| Labour movement \| Arbeiterklasse \| Working class \| Geschichte \| History \| Soziale Bewegung \| Social movement \| Gewerkschaftspolitik \| Union behaviour

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (303 p)
Series:	The American History Series The American History Ser. ; v.44
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Back to the Future; 1: "Everyone Was Ready For Unionism": The Precursors, Promises, and Pitfalls of Industrial Unions in the 1930s; Political Prelude: Industrial Democracy Betrayed, from Wilson to Hoover; Corporate Prelude: The Unintended Consequences of 1920s Corporate Policies; Working-Class Prelude: Activism; A New Deal for Workers: A Failed and Flawed Start; Fighting for Unionism in the 1930s Without Meaningful Federal Protection; The Wagner Act and Industrial Unionism Corporate Resistance and Workers' UnityExtending the New Deal for Workers; Assessing Workers' New Deal and Industrial Unionism; Conclusion; 2: Big Wars, Big Labor, Big Costs; Wartime Mobilization, 1939-1941; Government Intervention: War Industries and Labor Policies, 1941-1945; Wartime Demographic Developments; Crisis in Industrial Relations, 1945-1946; Postwar Politics and Taft-Hartley, 1946-1948; Political (Mis)calculations: Operation Dixie, CIO Purges, and International Alliances, 1946-1950s; Big Labor, Big Costs, 1955-1960s; Conclusion; 3: Civil Rights Versus Labor Rights, 1960s-1970s Expanding Public and Service SectorsPublic Sector Workers and Union Rights; New Laws and Workplace Challenges; Women and Workplace Rights; The Push and Pull of Changing Times: New Unionists, Rank-and-File Movements, AFL-CIO Leaders, and Nixon; Unionists Divided and Under Siege; Conclusion; 4: Working More for Less and Other Troubles for Workers in the Late Twentieth Century; Profit Making in a Global World; The Human Price of Modern Capitalism; The Political Shaping of the Economy; The AFL-CIO Leadership's Resistance to Change; Innovation and Possibilities; Change from the Bottom-Up ConclusionEpilogue: The Illusive American Dream: A Personal Journey; Bibliographical Essay; General Labor and Working-Class Histories; Chapter 1: "Everyone Was Ready for Unionism": The Precursors, Promises, and Pitfalls of Industrial Unions in the 1930s; Chapter 2: Big Wars, Big Labor, Big Costs; Chapter 3: Civil Rights versus Labor Rights, 1960s-1970s; Chapter 4: Working More for Less and Other Troubles for Workers in the Late Twentieth Century; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-1-118-54149-4 ; 978-1-118-54157-9 ; 978-1-118-54140-1
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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