Red Seas : Ferdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica /

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During the heyday of the U.S. and international labor movements in the 1930's and 1940's, Ferdinand Smith, the Jamaican-born co-founder and second-in-command of the National Maritime Union (NMU), stands out as one of the most-if not the most-powerful black labor leaders in the United State...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horne, Gerald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Smith, Ferdinand.
National Maritime Union of America > History > 20th century.
National Maritime Union of America.
1900-1999
Labor leaders > United States > Biography.
African American communists > Biography.
Jamaican Americans > Biography.
Labor leaders > Jamaica > Biography.
Dirigeants syndicaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Communistes noirs américains > Biographies.
Américains d'origine jamaïquaine > Biographies.
Dirigeants syndicaux > Jamaïque > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
African American communists.
Jamaican Americans.
Labor leaders.
Jamaica.
United States.
20th.
Afro-Caribbean.
Communist.
Ferdinand.
Smith.
activism.
biography.
black.
century.
dimensions.
first.
labor.
leader.
left.
light.
political.
race.
radicalism.
shed.
which.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Sailing from Jamaica
  • Sailing the Red Seas
  • Perilous waters
  • The Black Ocean
  • Few safe harbors
  • Wind in their sails
  • Storm signals
  • Storm, at sea
  • Walking the plank
  • Black labor at sea
  • Dropping anchor in Jamaica
  • On the beach
  • The final voyage of Ferdinand Smith
  • Epilogue.

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