Unions in politics : Britain, Germany, and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries /

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This book combines the tools of political science, sociology, and labor history to offer a wide-ranging analysis of how unions have participated in politics in Britain, Germany, and the United States. Rather than focus exclusively on national union federations, Gary Marks investigates variations amo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marks, Gary, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989]
Series:Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
Labor unions > Political activity > Great Britain > History.
Labor unions > Political activity > Germany > History.
Labor unions > Political activity > United States > History.
Syndicats > Activité politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Syndicats > Activité politique > Allemagne > Histoire.
Syndicats > Activité politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Labor unions > Political activity.
Germany.
Great Britain.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION. A COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO UNION POLITICAL ACTIVITY
  • CHAPTER 1. VARIATIONS IN UNION POLITICAL ACTIVITY
  • CHAPTER 2. UNIONS, REPRESSION, AND POLITICS
  • CHAPTER 3. UNIONS AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL REVOLUTION
  • CHAPTER 4. PRINTING UNIONS AND BUSINESS UNIONISM
  • CHAPTER 5. COALMINING UNIONS AND POLITICAL UNIONISM
  • CHAPTER 6. AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
  • APPENDIX. UNION SUPPORT FOR RADICAL POLITICAL MEASURES AT AFL CONVENTIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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