"If the workers took a notion":the right to strike and American political development

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lambert Josiah Bartlett, 1954-
Published: ILR Press,
Publisher Address: Ithaca, N.Y.
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
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.