Conflict in the unions : the Communist Party of Australia, politics and the trade union movement, 19...
Conflict in the unions : the Communist Party of Australia, politics and the trade union movement, 19...
Conflict in the unions : the Communist Party of Australia, politics and the trade union movement, 1945-1960 / Douglas Jordan.
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Publisher
Ultimo, N.S.W. Resistance Books, 2013.
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H 2015/3278
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
311 pages ; 21 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Ultimo, N.S.W. Resistance Books, 2013.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2013.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Political parties & ideologies
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This work examines the political activity of the Communist Party of Australia in the trade union movement between 1945 and 1960. It represents the first systematic analysis of this activity. The historiography of the CPA has generally focused on the industrial activity of CPA trade union members and has neglected this dimension.
Jordan examines three areas of this political unionism: the attempt to build trade union support for the peace movement, the attitudes towards the post-war mass immigration program, and the emerging Aboriginal civil rights movement. The prevailing anti-communist atmosphere generated by Cold War tensions limited but did not prevent CPA trade union a...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Conflict in the unions : the Communist Party of Australia, politics and the trade union movement, 1945-1960 / Douglas Jordan.
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the Communist Party of Australia, politics and the trade union movement, 1945-1960.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references: pages 278-311.
Audience note
Tertiary/Undergraduate.
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Date Copyright
©2013.
Biographical note
"Douglas Jordan is a longtime socialist and activist in the progressive movement. From 1972 to 1998 he was a tram conductor in Melbourne, was active in union affairs and participated in the great 1990 strike"--Title page verso.
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H 2015/3278
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74VKRZb7zk4Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRZb7zk4Z
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ISBN
9781876646622
DDC
324.2940975
MMS ID
991023016039702626
