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Author Kersten, Andrew Edmund, 1969-

Title Labor's home front [electronic resource] : the American Federation of Labor during World War II / Andrew E. Kersten ; consulting editor, Harvey J. Kaye.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2006.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 274 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-267) and index.
Contents The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations -- Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop -- Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence -- "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL -- Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry -- Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL -- Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject AFL-CIO -- History -- 20th century.
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Labor policy -- United States -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0814747868 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814747865

 
    
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