Striking Steel : Solidarity Remembered /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Metzgar, Jack
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Metzgar, Jack.
Strikes and lockouts > Steel industry.
Solidarity.
Iron and steel workers.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General.
Strikes and lockouts > Steel industry > Pennsylvania > Johnstown > History > Sources.
Iron and steel workers > Pennsylvania > Johnstown > Biography.
Pennsylvania > Johnstown (Cambria County)
Sources.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 memoir and historical narrative, Striking Steel argues for reassessment of unionism in American life during the second half of the twentieth century and a recasting of "official memory." As he traces the history of union steelworkers after World War II, Metzgar draws on his father's powerful stories.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781439905326

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