Pure and simple politics : the American Federation of Labor and political activism, 1881-1917 /
Scholarship on American labor politics has been dominated by the view that the American Federation of Labor, the leading labor organization in the earliest twentieth century, rejected political action in favor of economic strategies. Based on extensive research into labor and political party records...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Scholarship on American labor politics has been dominated by the view that the American Federation of Labor, the leading labor organization in the earliest twentieth century, rejected political action in favor of economic strategies. Based on extensive research into labor and political party records, this study demonstrates that, in fact, the AFL devoted great attention to political activity. The organization's main strategy, however, which Julie Greene calls "pure and simple politics," dictated that trade unionists alone should shape American labor politics. Exploring the period from 1881 to 1917, Pure and Simple Politics focuses on the quandaries this approach generated for American trade unionists. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0511009194 9780511009198 0511037406 9780511037405 9780521433983 0521433983 9780511509797 0511509790 |