The right and labor in America : politics, ideology, and imagination / edited by Nelson Lichtenstein and Elizabeth Tandy Shermer.
This collection of essays by leading American historians explains how and why the fight against unionism has long been central to the meaning of contemporary conservatism.
Record details
- ISBN: 0812207912
- ISBN: 9780812207910
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 422 pages)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:july.24 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Entangled Histories: American Conservatism and the U.S. Labor Movement in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries / Lichtenstein, Nelson / Shermer, Elizabeth Tandy -- Part I. The Conservative Search for Social Harmony -- Chapter 1: Unions, Modernity, and the Decline of American Economic Nationalism / Cohen, Andrew Wender -- Chapter 2. The American Legion and Striking Workers During the Interwar Period / Nehls, Christopher -- Chapter 3. Democracy or Seduction? The Demonization of Scientific Management and the Deification of Human Relations / Nyland, Chris / Bruce, Kyle -- Part II. Region, Race, and Resistance to Organized Labor -- Chapter 4. Capital Flight, '"States' Rights," and the Anti-Labor Offensive After World War II / Friedman, Tami J. -- Chapter 5. Orval Faubus and the Rise of Anti-Labor Populism in Northwestern Arkansas / Pierce, Michael -- Chapter 6. "Is Freedom of the Individual Un-American?" Right-to-Work Campaigns and Anti-Union Conservatism, 1943-1958 / Shermer, Elizabeth Tandy -- Part III. Appropriating the Language of Civil Rights -- Chapter 7. Singing "The Right-to-Work Blues": The Politics of Race in the Campaign for "Voluntary Unionism" in Postwar California / Schiller, Reuel -- Chapter 8. Whose Rights? Litigating the Right to Work, 1940-1980 / Lee, Sophia Z. -- Chapter 9. "Such Power Spells Tyranny": Business Opposition to Administrative Governance and the Transformation of Fair Employment Policy in Illinois, 1945-1964 / Gourse, Alexander -- Part IV. The Specter of Union Power and Corruption -- Chapter 10. Pattern for Partnership: Putting Labor Racketeering on the Nation's Agenda in the Late 1950s / Witwer, David -- Chapter 11. "Compulsory Unionism": Sylvester Petro and the Career of an Anti-Union Idea, 1957-1987 / McCartin, Joseph A. / Vinel, Jean-Christian -- Chapter 12. Wal-Mart, John Tate, and Their Anti-Union America / Lichtenstein, Nelson -- Chapter 13. "All Deals Are Off": The Dunlop Commission and Employer Opposition to Labor Law Reform / Logan, John -- Chapter 14. Is Democracy in the Cards? A Democratic Defense of the Employee Free Choice Act / Orr, Susan -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
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Genre: | History |