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Schools of democracy : a political history of the American labor movement /

Sinyai, Clayton.

Schools of democracy : a political history of the American labor movement / Clayton Sinyai. - Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2006. - x, 292 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-282) and index.

Introduction : democracy and the worker, past and present -- Schools of democracy and independence : the labor movement and the democratic republic -- A wooden man? : industrialization, democracy, and civic virtue -- The AFL and progressive politics -- The New Deal and the birth of the CIO -- The New Deal democracy and industrial unionism at flood tide -- The AFL-CIO in the age of organization -- Not a slogan or a fad : labor and the Great Society -- Aftermath : labor and civic education in lean times.

0801444551 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801472997 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801444555 9780801472992

2005032188

GBA636618 bnb

013437503 Uk


Labor movement--History.--United States
Labor policy--History.--United States
Labor unions--Political activity--History.--United States

HD8066 / .S53 2006

322/.20973

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