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State of the Union : A Century of American Labor - Revised and Expanded Edition /

In a fresh and timely reinterpretation, Nelson Lichtenstein examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. From the steel foundry to the burger-grill, from Woodrow Wilson to John Sweeney, from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lichtenstein, Nelson (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Edición:Revised and expanded edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In a fresh and timely reinterpretation, Nelson Lichtenstein examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. From the steel foundry to the burger-grill, from Woodrow Wilson to John Sweeney, from Homestead to Pittston, Lichtenstein weaves together a compelling matrix of ideas, stories, strikes, laws, and people in a streamlined narrative of work and labor in the twentieth century.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (400 pages).
ISBN:9781400848140