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Striking steel : solidarity remembered /
Having come of age during a period of vibrant union-centered activism, Jack Metzgar begins this book wondering how his father, a U.S & Steel shop steward in the 1950s and '60s, and so many contemporary historians could forget what this country owes to the union movement. Combining personal...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Temple University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Critical perspectives on the past.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Part One: The 1959 Steel Strike; Prologue; 1. Getting to 1959; 2. No Backward Steps: The Biggest Strike in U.S. History; Part Two: Cause and Consequence; Prologue; 3. 2-B or Not 2-B: A Battle for "Rigid Union Work Rules"; 4. When the Wolf Finally Came: Union Powerand the Demise of Steel; Photographs follow page; Prologue; Part Three: Remembering or Not; 5. Steel Family Memories and the Culture of Unionism; 6. The Contest for Official Memory; Appendix A: Histories of Postwar America; Appendix B: Interviews; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.