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Labor's great war : the struggle for industrial democracy and the origins of modern  American labor relations, 1912-1921
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Labor's great war : the struggle for industrial democracy and the origins of modern American labor relations, 1912-1921

Author: Joseph Anthony McCartin
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1997.
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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.
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McCartin, Joseph Anthony.
Labor's great war.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1997
(OCoLC)655510434
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Joseph Anthony McCartin
ISBN: 0807823724 9780807823729 0807846791 9780807846797
OCLC Number: 36573696
Description: xvi, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Reconsidering American labor in the era of the Great War --
Building a politics of industrial democracy --
War and order in the workplace --
The battle to shape war labor policy --
Toward the "de-kaisering" of industry --
The dynamics of wartime labor militancy --
The tentative rise of mass unionism --
Reconstruction and reaction --
Making industrial democracy safe for America --
The origins of modern labor relations.
Responsibility: Joseph A. McCartin.
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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.

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