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Barons of Labor : The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kazin, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : University of Illinois Press, 1987.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Notes
  • I The Rise to Power
  • 1 "Where Unionism Holds Undisputed Sway": San Francisco in the Progressive Era
  • Notes
  • 2 Ascent to Isolation, 1896-1902
  • 1. Birth and First Alliances
  • 2. The Business of Striking
  • 3. The Pitfalls of Arrogance
  • Notes
  • II The Use of Power
  • 3 Leaders
  • Notes
  • 4 The Closed-Shop Empire: From Job Site to Labor Temple
  • 1. Diary of a Mechanic
  • 2. Buildings and Builders
  • 3. Preserving the Closed Shop
  • 4. Inside the BTC
  • Notes
  • 5 Social Conflict and the Earthquake, 1903-1907
  • 1. Routing Labor's Enemies
  • 2. Whose New City?
  • 3. "A Conspiracy To Destroy Trade Unionism"?
  • 4. The Election of 1907
  • Notes
  • 6 Reform, Utopia, and Racism: The Politics of California Craftsmen
  • 1. Reforms by and for the Working Class
  • 2. Elements of a Vision
  • 3. The BTC and the Left
  • 4. Racism as Self-Defense
  • Notes
  • 7 The Misgoverning of San Francisco, 1908-1911
  • 1. Up from Defeat
  • 2. Maneuvering to Victory
  • 3. The Dilemmas of Power
  • 4. Losing with Class
  • 5. The Los Angeles Connection
  • Notes
  • III The Loss of Power
  • 8 Perils of Compromise in the Exposition City, 1912-1915
  • Notes
  • 9 Dynamics of Defeat, 1916-1921
  • 1. Decline on the Homefront
  • 2. The Open-Shop Triumph
  • Notes
  • 10 The Building Trades in an Open-Shop City
  • Notes
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Index