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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462550503321

Autore

Davin Eric Leif

Titolo

Crucible of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : workers' democracy in the industrial heartland, 1914-1960 / / Eric Leif Davin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

9786613911858

1-283-59940-6

0-7391-4572-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Disciplina

331.09730904

331.88097309

Soggetti

Working class - United States - History - 20th century

Labor - United States - History - 20th century

Industrial relations - United States - History - 20th century

New Deal, 1933-1939

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Workers' New Deal; Chapter 2: The Workers Mobilize; Chapter 3: The Sources of Solidarity, 1914-1930; Chapter 4: From Aliens to Americans; Chapter 5: Ambiguous Allies; Chapter 6: A Choice of Champions; Chapter 7: Storming the Bastille, 1930-1934; Chapter 8: The Workers' Real Deal. 1935-1937; Chapter 9: Thermidor. Deadlock, and Consolidation, 1938-1940; Chapter 10: Equality. Solidarity. and A Fair Deal, 1940-1948; Chapter 11: No Retreat, No Surrender. 1949-1960; Chapter 12: All That is Solid Melts into Air

Chapter 13: The Crucible of Freedom Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Working people created a new America in the 1930's and 1940's which was a fundamental departure from the feudalistic and hierarchical America which existed before. In the process, class politics re-defined



the political agenda of America as-for the first and time in American history-the political universe polarized along class lines. The author explores the meaning of the new deal political mobilization by ordinary people by examining the changes it brought to the local, county, and state levels in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and Pennsylvania as a whole.