03522nam 2200745Ia 450 991046255050332120200520144314.097866139118581-283-59940-60-7391-4572-X(CKB)2670000000241778(EBL)1021890(OCoLC)855502126(SSID)ssj0000711162(PQKBManifestationID)12254802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711162(PQKBWorkID)10693548(PQKB)10381694(SSID)ssj0000769189(PQKBManifestationID)12326302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000769189(PQKBWorkID)10769315(PQKB)11230083(MiAaPQ)EBC1021890(Au-PeEL)EBL1021890(CaPaEBR)ebr10602266(CaONFJC)MIL391185(OCoLC)817812570(EXLCZ)99267000000024177820091113d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCrucible of freedom[electronic resource] workers' democracy in the industrial heartland, 1914-1960 /Eric Leif DavinLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (464 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-2238-X 0-7391-2239-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AirChapter 13: The Crucible of Freedom Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorWorking 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.Working classUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLaborUnited StatesHistory20th centuryIndustrial relationsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNew Deal, 1933-1939United StatesSocial conditions20th centuryElectronic books.Working classHistoryLaborHistoryIndustrial relationsHistoryNew Deal, 1933-1939.331.09730904331.88097309Davin Eric Leif927557MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462550503321Crucible of freedom2083991UNINA