Wobblies on the waterfront : interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cole, Peter, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007]
Series:The working class in American history.
Subjects:
Industrial Workers of the World > History.
Industrial Workers of the World
Stevedores > Labor unions > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Labor unions > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Débardeurs > Syndicats > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
Syndicats > Aspect social > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Labor unions > Social aspects
Race relations
Stevedores > Labor unions
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : in search of Local 8
  • Philadelphia : "the workship of the world"
  • Wobblies take the docks
  • There is power in a union
  • War on the waterfront
  • Onward one big union?
  • Riding the wave of postwar militancy : the 1920 strike
  • The Philadelphia controversy
  • Quakertown blues : the lockout of 1922
  • Conclusion : towards radical egalitarianism.

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