03559nam 2200493 450 991042773260332120210709023852.09780429354243(PDF ebook)9781000342451(EPUB ebook)9781000342390(ebook)9780367374129(hardback)(CKB)4100000011665485(EXLCZ)99410000001166548520201222h20212021 |u| |engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCorporate policing, yellow unionism, and strikebreaking, 1890-1930 in defence of freedom /edited by Matteo Millan and Alessandro SaluppoLondon :Routledge,2021.©20211 online resource (271 pages) illustrations ; digital file(s)Routledge studies in modern historyPrint version (hardback): 9780367374129 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book provides a comparative and transnational examination of the complex and multifaceted experiences of anti-labour mobilisation, from the bitter social conflicts of the pre-war period, through the epochal tremors of war and revolution, and the violent spasms of the 1920s and 1930s. It retraces the formation of an extensive market for corporate policing, privately contracted security and yellow unionism, as well as processes of professionalisation in strikebreaking activities, labour espionage and surveillance. It reconstructs the diverse spectrum of right-wing patriotic leagues and vigilante corps which, in support or in competition with law enforcement agencies, sought to counter the dual dangers of industrial militancy and revolutionary situations. Although considerable research has been done on the rise of socialist parties and trade unions the repressive policies of their opponents have been generally left unexamined. This book fills this gap by reconstructing the methods and strategies used by state authorities and employers to counter outbreaks of labour militancy on a global scale. It adopts a long-term chronology that sheds light on the shocks and strains that marked industrial societies during their turbulent transition into mass politics from the bitter social conflicts of the pre-war period, through the epochal tremors of war and revolution, and the violent spasms of the 1920s and 1930s. Offering a new angle of vision to examine the violent transition to mass politics in industrial societies, this is of great interest to scholars of policing, unionism and striking in the modern era. -- Provided by publisher.Labor unionsHistory20th centuryLabor movementPolitical aspectsHistory20th centuryStrikebreakersHistory20th centuryPolice, PrivateHistory20th centuryPolitical violenceHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Labor unionsHistoryLabor movementPolitical aspectsHistoryStrikebreakersHistoryPolice, PrivateHistoryPolitical violenceHistory331.89/409041 ‡2 23Millan MatteoSaluppo Alessandro9910427732603321Corporate policing, yellow unionism, and strikebreaking, 1890-19301979608UNINA