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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: McCartin, Joseph Anthony. Labor's great war. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1997 (OCoLC)655510434 |
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| 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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Abstract:
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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- Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- United States.
- Industriële democratie.
- Eerste Wereldoorlog.
- Vakbeweging.
- Overheidsbeleid.
- Arbeiterbewegung
- Gewerkschaft
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