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Title American railroad labor and the genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935 [electronic resource] / Jon R. Huibregtse ; foreword by Richard Greenwald and Timothy Minchin.

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Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiv, 172 p. : ill.
Series	Working in the Americas
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Railroading prior to World War I -- The Great War and its aftermath -- Grassroots political organization -- The road to political power, 1922-1924 -- The Railroad Labor Act -- Strengthening the Railroad Labor Act -- Railroad retirement and social security -- Railroad unions and labor banks.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- History -- 20th century.
	Railroads -- Employees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Working class -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Working class -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	New Deal, 1933-1939.
	United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780813034652 (alk. paper)
	0813034655 (alk. paper)
	9780813041698 (pbk.)
	9780813042954 (electronic bk.)