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A comprehensive biography of progressive labor organizer, peace worker, and economist Clinton Jencks (1918-2005), this book explores the life of one of the most important political and social activists to appear in the Southwestern United States in the twentieth century. A key figure in the radical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lorence, James J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jencks, Clinton E., > 1918-2005.
Pacifists.
Labor movement > Political activity.
Hispanic Americans > Civil rights.
Economists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Americains d'origine latino-americaine > Droits.
Mouvement ouvrier > Activite politique > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest)
Économistes > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest)
Pacifistes > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest)
Labor movement > Political activity > Southwestern States.
Economists > Southwestern States.
Pacifists > Southwestern States.
United States > Southwestern States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Clinton Jencks, Mine-Mill, and biography as history
  • Years of preparation : roots of radicalism. Growing up concerned : childhood, family, and the formation of a value system, 1918-1939 ; The world of work and new opportunities for social action : living faith, 1939-1945
  • Building for the future : envisioning a new world. Coming home : veterans' advocacy and renewed political commitment ; Mine-Mill and social change : economic progress, Mexican American activism, and social justice, 1945-1947
  • Cold War unionism : progressives on defense. Mobilizing for mass action : social and political initiatives, 1948-1950 ; The moment of decision : the Empire Zinc strike, grass roots feminism, and Mexican American liberation, 1950-1953 ; Telling the story : Salt of the earth as a medium of communication
  • A time of peril : public exposure. Confronting domestic anti-communism : the Jencks case, civil liberties, and the law, 1953-1957 ; The web of consequences : life after Mine-Mill
  • Epilogue : a reflection on the committed life.

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