Disruption in Detroit : autoworkers and the elusive postwar boom /

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It is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the backbone of a thriving blue-collar middle class. It is also a myth. Daniel J. Clark began by interviewing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, Daniel J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Temas:
1900-1999
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Automobile industry workers > Labor unions > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Automobile industry and trade > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Travailleurs de l'automobile > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs de l'automobile > Syndicats > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Automobile industry and trade.
Automobile industry workers.
Automobile industry workers > Labor unions.
Economic history.
Detroit (Mich.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Michigan > Detroit.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Shortages and strikes, 1945-1948
  • The era of "The treaty of Detroit," 1949-1950
  • No longer the arsenal of democracy, 1951-1952
  • A post-Korean War boom, 1953
  • A "painfully inconvenient" recession, 1954
  • The fifties in one year, 1955
  • "A severe and prolonged hangover," 1956-1957
  • The nadir, 1958
  • "What is happening? Which way are we headed?" 1959-1960
  • Conclusion.

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