| Description |
x, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in American labor history
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| Note |
Based on essays originally published at a conference on labor and politics held at the George Meany Center, Silver Springs, Maryland on November 14, 1994. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rules of the game : class politics in twentieth-century America / Richard Oestreicher -- Producerism is consciousness of class : ironworkers' and steelworkers' views on political economy, 1894-1920 / Robert Asher -- Negotiating the state : Frank Walsh and the transformation of labor's political culture in progressive America / Julie Greene -- Failure of Minnesota farmer-laborism / Peter Rachleff -- Autoworkers, electoral politics, and the convergence of class and race : Detroit, 1937-1945 / Bruce Nelson -- CIO political strategy in historical perspective : creating a high-road economy in the post-war era / Stephen Amberg -- Thoughts on defeating right-to-work : reflections on two referendum campaigns / Gilbert J. Gall -- Little more than ashes : the UAW and American reform in the 1960s / Kevin Boyle -- Labor law revision and the end of the postwar labor accord / Gary M. Fink. |
| Subject |
Labor unions -- United States -- Political activity -- History.
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Liberalism -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Boyle, Kevin, 1960-
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| ISBN |
0791439526 (pbk.) |
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0791439518 |
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