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Autore |
Cherny Robert W |
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Titolo |
Harry Bridges : Labor Radical, Labor Legend |
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Champaign : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2023 |
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©2023 |
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ISBN |
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9780252053795 |
9780252044748 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (633 pages) |
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Collana |
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Working Class in American History |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Stevedores - Labor unions |
Labor movement |
Debardeurs - Syndicats - États-Unis |
Mouvement ouvrier - États-Unis |
Stevedores - Labor unions - United States |
Labor movement - United States |
History |
Electronic books. |
United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The iconic leader of one of America's most powerful unions, Harry Bridges put an indelible stamp on the twentieth century labor movement. Robert Cherny's monumental biography tells the life story of the figure who built the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) into a labor powerhouse that still represents almost 30,000 workers. An Australian immigrant, Bridges worked the Pacific Coast docks. His militant unionism placed him at the center of the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike and spurred him to expand his organizing activities to warehouse laborers and Hawaiian sugar and pineapple workers. Cherny examines the overall effectiveness of Bridges as a union leader and the decisions and traits that made him |
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