Working-Class Americanism : The Politics of Labor in a Textile City, 1914-1960 /

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In this classic interpretation of the 1930s rise of industrial unionism, Gary Gerstle challenges the popular historical notion that American workers' embrace of "Americanism" and other patriotic sentiments in the post-World War I years indicated their fundamental political conservatis...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gerstle, Gary (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Textile industry > Rhode Island > Woonsocket > History > 20th century.
Textile workers > Rhode Island > Woonsocket > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Alsace spinning mill.
Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
American Legion.
Americanization campaigns.
Armenian workers.
Blackstone Cotton local.
Bonin Spinning mill.
Bouvier, Joseph.
Canzano, Victor.
Cardijn, Cardinal.
Catholic Church.
Christian Family Movement.
Courtemanche, Jude.
Daignault, Elphège.
Desurmont spinning mill.
Divini Redemptoris.
English immigrants.
Falls Yarn mill.
Franco-American identity.
French Worsted mill.
Goval, Charles.
Guerin Mills-Rosemont.
Howe, Irving.
ITU radicals.
Independent Club.
Industrial pluralism.
Jews.
Joyland Ballroom.
Keynesianism.
Lawton Spinning.
National War Labor Board.
Peck Law.
Pilgrims.
Portuguese workers.
Providence Journal.
Quebec.
anticommunism.
arbitration.
benefits.
corporatism, Catholic.
dues collection.
ethnic corporatists.
ethnic lodges.
ideological independence.
job security.
kinship networks.
liberalism.
management prerogatives.
millowners.
mulespinners.
nativism.
open-books campaign.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and tables
  • Preface to the Princeton edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Ethnictown, 1875-1929
  • 1 The French Canadians
  • 2 The Franco-Belgians
  • Part II The emergence of an industrial union, 1929-1936
  • 3 Beginnings, 1929-1934
  • 4 City wide mobilization, 1934-1936
  • Part III Working-class heyday, 1936-1941
  • 5 "A new, progressive Americanism"
  • 6 Ethnic-style unionism
  • 7 Ethnic renaissance
  • Part IV The crucial decade - and after, 1941-1960
  • 8 The struggle for union power, 1941-1946
  • 9 "Be American!": refashioning a political language, 1944-1946
  • 10 The failure of two dreams, 1946-1960
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Locals organized by ITU, 1932-1955
  • Appendix B: A note on union sources and a list of interviewees
  • Index

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