American labor and the Cold War : grassroots politics and postwar political culture

American labor and the Cold War grassroots politics and postwar political culture

The American labor movement seemed poised on the threshold of unparalleled success at the beginning of the post-World War II era. Fourteen million strong in 1946, unions represented thirty five percent of non-agricultural workers. Why then did the gains made between the 1930's and the end of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cherny, Robert W. (-), Issel, William, Taylor, Kieran Walsh
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press 2004.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Labor unions > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Anti-communist movements > United States > History.
Cold War.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Labor and the Cold War: The Legacy of McCarthyism
  • Uncivil War: An Oral History of Labor, Communism, and Community in Schenectady, New York, 1944–1954
  • Mixed Melody: Anticommunism and the United Packinghouse Workers in California Agriculture, 1954–1961
  • The United Packinghouse Workers of America, Civil Rights, and the Communist Party in Chicago
  • “An Anarchist with a Program”: East Coast Shipyard Workers, the Labor Left, and the Origins of Cold War Unionism
  • The Battle for Standard Coil: The United Electrical Workers, the Community Service Organization, and the Catholic Church in Latino East Los Angeles
  • Popular Anticommunism and the UE in Evansville, Indiana
  • “A Stern Struggle”: Catholic Activism and San Francisco Labor, 1934–1958
  • Memories of the Red Decade: HUAC Investigations in Maryland
  • Negotiating Cold War Politics: The Washington Pension Union and the Labor Left in the 1940's and 1950's
  • The Lost World of United States Labor Education: Curricula at East and West Coast Communist Schools, 1944–1957
  • Operation Dixie, the Red Scare, and the Defeat of Southern Labor Organizing
  • “A Dangerous Demagogue”: Containing the Influence of the Mexican Labor-Left and Its United States Allies
  • Contributors
  • Index

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