"If the workers took a notion":the right to strike and American political development
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ILR Press,
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Publisher Address: | Ithaca, N.Y. |
Publication Dates: | c2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | x, 259 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
080144327X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801443275 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801489458 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801489457 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D771 |
CLC: |
D771.29 D417.129 D971.225-09 |
Call Number: | D417.129/L222 |
Contents: |
Exchange. Includes bibliographical references and index. "An inevitable and irresistible conflict" : The strange case of the disappearing American strike -- "Something of freedom is yet to come" : The early American labor movement and the right to strike -- "A nation of mock citizens" : The new American state and the right to strike, 1877-1895 -- "The very instruments of democracy are often used to oppress them" : The right to strike during the progressive era -- "Let the toilers assemble" : The new deal and the modern liberal right to strike -- "Get down to the type of job you're supposed to be doing" : World War II and the labor management relations act -- "Let us stand with a greater determination" : The National Labor Relations Act and the bifurcation of collective action in the 1960s -- "Playing hardball" : Permanent striker replacements and the limits of industrial justice -- "We deplore strikes because of the inconvenience" : Modern American liberalism and the right to strike -- "Something of slavery still remains" : The right to strike as a citizenship right. |