Working hard for the American dream : workers and their unions, World War I to the present / / Randi Storch

• Autore: Storch Randi
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 291 p.). : ill., photographs
• Disciplina: 331.880973
• Soggetto topico: Labor unions - United States - History; Working class - United States - History; Labor movement - United States - History; Labor - United States - History; Sindicats; Moviment obrer; Història social
• Soggetto geografico: Estats Units d'Amèrica
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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. ; Conclusion -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Working 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Working hard for the American dream
• ISBN: 9781118541579; 111854157X; 9781394260829
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953687703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II