Labors Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921 - Softcover

McCartin, Joseph A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807846791 ISBN 13: 9780807846797

Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998

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Book by McCartin Joseph A

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This is the best book ever written about American labor in the era of World War I."Michael Kazin, author of "The Populist Persuasion: An American History" "This is the best book ever written about American labor in the era of World War I."Michael Kazin, author of "The Populist Persuasion: An American History"" A book well worthy of the attentions of any serious student of twentieth-century labour and industrial relations history."Journal of Industrial Relations" A superb historical narrative."Business History Review"

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Since World War I, says Joseph McCartin, the central problem of American labor relations has been the struggle among workers, managers, and state officials to reconcile democracy and authority in the workplace. In his comprehensive look at labor issues during the decade of the Great War, McCartin explores the political, economic, and social forces that gave rise to this conflict and shows how rising labor militancy and the sudden erosion of managerial control in wartime workplaces combined to create an industrial crisis. The search for a resolution to this crisis led to the formation of an influential coalition of labor Democrats, AFL unionists, and Progressive activists on the eve of U.S. entry into the war. Though the coalition's efforts in pursuit of industrial democracy were eventually frustrated by powerful forces in business and government and by internal rifts within the movement itself, McCartin shows how the shared quest helped cement the ties between unionists and the Democratic Party that would subsequently shape much New Deal legislation and would continue to influence the course of American political and labor history to the present day.

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• Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0807846791
• ISBN 13: 9780807846797
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320