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Reform or Repression : Organizing America's Anti-Union Movement /
"Historians have characterized the open-shop movement of the early twentieth century as a cynical attempt by business to undercut the labor movement by twisting the American ideals of independence and self-sufficiency to their own ends. The precursors to today's right-to-work movement, adv...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Reformers and fighters: employers and the labor problem
- Part I. Nation. Fighting "union dictation": birth of the open-shop movement
- "For the protection of the common people": citizens, progressives, and "free workers"
- Part II. Region. A tale of two men: class traitors and strikebreaking in Cleveland
- Avenging McKinley: organized employers in Buffalo
- Making the "city of prosperity": the poetry of industrial harmony in Worcester
- "A solid south for the open shop": N.F. Thompson and the labor solution
- Conclusion. Creating the "common good": individual rights, industrial progress, and virtuous citizenship.