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AMERICAN WORKERS, 1900-2000
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AMERICAN WORKERS, 1900-2000

AN OVERVIEW
PaperbackPaperback
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This book is an overview of the development of the American working class through three major eras in the 20th century. The first era was that of the Second Industrial Revolution and the rise of an immigrant industrial working class, from 1900-1930. The second era was that of the New Deal Political Order. This era began in the 1930s with the New Deal Social Contract, which legitimized labor unions as full partners in labor-management relations and government intervention in the economy. The New Deal Political Order lasted until the 1970s, when it was replaced by the third era, the Neoliberal Political Order. This era featured the decline labor's power and influence as the ascendant Neoliberal Political Order championed unregulated free markets, unrestricted global free trade, and pushback against the administrative state created by the New Deal. The book also offers a vision of a new future for the labor movement, and for America.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-304-21938-1
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
PublisherLulu.com
Publishing date06/07/2024
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 148 mm, Height 210 mm, Thickness 16 mm
Weight391 g
Article no.29210630
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A49507861
Product groupBU947
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Eric Leif Davin, Ph.D., taught labor history for many years at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of numerous books, including "Crucible of Freedom: Workers' Democracy in the Industrial Heartland, 1914-1960"; "Radicals in Power: The New Left Experience in Office"; "The Great Strike of 1877; The Year of Hope and Fear: Insurrection and Repression, 1919"; "A Forlorn Hope: Third Parties and American Political Ideology", and, with Staughton Lynd, "Picket Line and Ballot Box: The Forgotten Legacy of the Labor Party Movement, 1932-1936". He is also the author of "The Paterson Strike Pageant: An IWW Novel of Bohemia and Insurgent Labor" and "Solidarity: An IWW Novel of the Steel City".