The ordeal of the jungle : race and the Chicago Federation of Labor, 1903-1922 /

""The Ordeal of the Jungle" boldly revises previous scholarship regarding Chicago's labor movement in the World war I era. It examines the failures of the Chicago Federation of Labor to build a progressive, interracial organization. Following failed strikes and a tumultuous time,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bates, David, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council > History > 20th century.
Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council
1900-1999
African Americans > Employment > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919.
Working class > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > 20th century.
Labor movement > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Travail > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Émeute raciale de Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1919.
Travailleurs > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Mouvement ouvrier > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siècle.
African Americans > Employment
Labor movement
Race relations
Working class > Social conditions
Illinois > Chicago
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Methodology and the problem of race in American labor history
  • "A deep, dark plot": race in the chicago labor movement, 1894-1905
  • "Every Negro can make a fight": race and the CFL campaign, 1916-1921
  • "Demoralized by its own weaknesses": the structural limits of federated unionism, 1916-1921
  • "Between two fires": white and black workers confront interracial unionism, 1916-1921
  • "Patience is no longer a virtue": the CFL and the Chicago Race Riot of 1919
  • "Boring from within": race and the decline of the CFL, 1919-1922
  • Conclusion: the past, present, and future of interracial unionism.

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