LEADER 04775nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910953687703321 005 20251021112349.0 010 0 $a9781118541579 010 0 $a111854157X 010 $a9781394260829 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7103788 035 $a(CKB)24989764000041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1144072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1144072 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10674798 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL462628 035 $a(OCoLC)830160877 035 $a(Perlego)1003083 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924989764000041 100 $a20150303d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWorking hard for the American dream $eworkers and their unions, World War I to the present /$fRandi Storch 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChichester, West Sussex $cWiley-Blackwell$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (x, 291 p.). $cill., photographs 225 0 $aAmerican History Series 300 $aIncludes index. 327 $aIntro -- The American History Series -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Back to the Future -- 1: "Everyone Was Ready For Unionism": The Precursors, Promises, and Pitfalls of Industrial Unions in the 1930s -- Political Prelude: Industrial Democracy Betrayed, from Wilson to Hoover -- Corporate Prelude: The Unintended Consequences of 1920s Corporate Policies -- Working-Class Prelude: Activism -- A New Deal for Workers: A Failed and Flawed Start -- Fighting for Unionism in the 1930s Without Meaningful Federal Protection -- The Wagner Act and Industrial Unionism -- Corporate Resistance and Workers' Unity -- Extending the New Deal for Workers -- Assessing Workers' New Deal and Industrial Unionism -- Conclusion -- 2: Big Wars, Big Labor, Big Costs -- Wartime Mobilization, 1939-1941 -- Government Intervention: War Industries and Labor Policies, 1941-1945 -- Wartime Demographic Developments -- Crisis in Industrial Relations, 1945-1946 -- Postwar Politics and Taft-Hartley, 1946-1948 -- Political (Mis)calculations: Operation Dixie, CIO Purges, and International Alliances, 1946-1950s -- Big Labor, Big Costs, 1955-1960s -- Conclusion -- 3: Civil Rights Versus Labor Rights, 1960s-1970s -- Expanding Public and Service Sectors -- Public Sector Workers and Union Rights -- New Laws and Workplace Challenges -- Women and Workplace Rights -- The Push and Pull of Changing Times: New Unionists, Rank-and-File Movements, AFL-CIO Leaders, and Nixon -- Unionists Divided and Under Siege -- Conclusion -- 4: Working More for Less and Other Troubles for Workers in the Late Twentieth Century -- Profit Making in a Global World -- The Human Price of Modern Capitalism -- The Political Shaping of the Economy -- The AFL-CIO Leadership's Resistance to Change -- Innovation and Possibilities -- Change from the Bottom-Up. 327 $aConclusion -- Epilogue: The Illusive American Dream: A Personal Journey -- Bibliographical Essay -- General Labor and Working-Class Histories -- Chapter 1: "Everyone Was Ready for Unionism": The Precursors, Promises, and Pitfalls of Industrial Unions in the 1930s -- Chapter 2: Big Wars, Big Labor, Big Costs -- Chapter 3: Civil Rights versus Labor Rights, 1960s-1970s -- Chapter 4: Working More for Less and Other Troubles for Workers in the Late Twentieth Century -- Index. 330 $aWorking Hard for the American Dream examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. Presents an overview of labor history that also considers women workers, ethnic America, and post-World War II workers Incorporates the most recent scholarship in labor history Takes the story of labor up to the present day in a readable and accessible manner. 606 $aLabor unions$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWorking class$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aLabor movement$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aLabor$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSindicats$2thub 606 $aMoviment obrer$2thub 606 $aHistòria social$2thub 607 $aEstats Units d'Amèrica$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aLabor unions$xHistory. 615 0$aWorking class$xHistory. 615 0$aLabor movement$xHistory. 615 0$aLabor$xHistory. 615 7$aSindicats 615 7$aMoviment obrer 615 7$aHistòria social 676 $a331.880973 700 $aStorch$b Randi$01813023 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910953687703321 996 $aWorking hard for the American dream$94365767 997 $aUNINA