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Crucible of freedom : workers' democracy in the industrial heartland, 1914-1960 /

This book explores the relation between democracy and industrialization in United States history. Over the course of the 1930s, the political center almost disappeared as the Democratic New Deal became the litmus test of class, with blue collar workers providing its bedrock of support while white co...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Davin, Eric Leif
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.
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Table des matières:
  • The workers' New Deal
  • The workers mobilize
  • The sources of solidarity, 1914-1930
  • From aliens to Americans
  • Ambiguous allies
  • A choice of champions
  • Storming the Bastille, 1930-1934
  • The workers' real deal, 1935-1937
  • Thermidor, deadlock, and consolidation, 1938-1940
  • Equality, solidarity, and a fair deal, 1940-1948
  • No retreat, no surrender, 1949-1960
  • All that is solid melts into air
  • The crucible of freedom.