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State of the Union : a century of American labor / Nelson Lichtenstein.

State of the Union : a century of American labor / Nels...

State of the Union : a century of American labor / Nelson Lichtenstein.

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State of the Union : a century of American labor / Nelson Lichtenstein.

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State of the Union : a century of American labor / Nelson Lichtenstein.

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Publisher

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2002.

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N331.0973/ 42

Record Identifier

74VvBqNov7AM

MMS ID

991016346549702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Ch. 1. Reconstructing the 1930s -- Ch. 2. Citizenship at Work -- Ch. 3. A Labor-Management Accord? -- Ch. 4. Erosion of the Union Idea -- Ch. 5. Rights Consciousness in the Workplace -- Ch. 6. A Time of Troubles -- Ch. 7. What Is to Be Done?

Publication information

Publisher

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2002.

Place of Publication

New Jersey

Date Published

c2002.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"In a fresh and timely reinterpretation, Nelson Lichtenstein examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. From the steel foundry to the burger-grill, from Woodrow Wilson to John Sweeney, from Homestead to Pittston, Lichtenstein weaves together a...

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State of the Union : a century of American labor / Nelson Lichtenstein.

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General note

Politics and society in twentieth-century America.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Date Copyright

c2002.

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N331.0973/ 42

Record Identifier

74VvBqNov7AM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBqNov7AM

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ISBN

0691057680 (alk. paper)

9780691057682 (alk. paper)

DDC

331.09730904

MMS ID

991016346549702626

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