American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935

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American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big differenc...

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Autor principal: Huibregtse, Jon R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Working class > Political activity.
Social conditions.
Railroads > Employees > Legal status, laws, etc.
Railroads > Employees > Labor unions.
Politics and government.
Economic history.
New Deal, 1933-1939
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
New Deal.
Travailleurs > Activite politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs des chemins de fer > Syndicats > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Working class > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Railroads > Employees > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History > 20th century.
Railroads > Employees > Labor unions > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1919-1933.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1918-1932.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > 1918-1945.
United States > Politics and government > 1919-1933.
United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932.
United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.
History.
Electronic books.
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  • Cover; American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Railroading Prior to World War I; Figure 1. Train crew standing around wrecked locomotives, November 1906; Figure 2. Historic caboose in Neahwa Park, Oneonta, NY; 3. The Great War and its Aftermath; Figure 3. A.B. Garrettson; 4. Grassroots Political Organization; Figure 4. His Standard Bearer, Labor, August 30, 1924; 5. The Road to Political Power, 1922-1924.
  • Figure 5. David B. RobertsonFigure 6. King and Queen on Election Day, Labor, October 30, 1924; 6. The Railway Labor Act; 7. Strengthening the Railway Labor Act; Figure 7. The Old Man Wakes Up, BLEJ, July 1926; Figure 8. Alexander F. Whitney; 8. Railroad Retirement and Social Security; Figure 9. ORC Home, Christmas, 1929; Figure 10. Helping to Put Over Needed Legislation, BLFEM, April1932; 9. Railroad Unions and Labor Banks; Table 1. The BLE's Financial Institutions; Figure 11. Europe Seven Weeks Tour, BLEJ, July 1923.
  • Figure 12. Gangway! Let a man show you how to do this job!, BLEJ, October 1928Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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