Making a New Deal - Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939

Examines how ordinary factory workers became unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Introduction; 1. Living and working in Chicago in 1919; 2. Ethnicity in the New Era; 3. Encountering mass culture; 4. Contested loyalty at the workplace; 5. Adrift in the Great Depression; 6. Workers make a New Deal; 7. Becoming a union rank and file; 8. Workers' common ground; Conclusion.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lizabeth Cohen, Lizabeth (Harvard University Cohen
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 06.11.2014
• EAN: 9781107431799
• ISBN: 978-1-107-43179-9
• Seiten: 566
• Serien: Canto Classics; Canto Classics
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges