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

By: Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2006.Description: x, 292 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0801444551 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801472997 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780801444555
  • 9780801472992
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 322/.20973 22
LOC classification:
  • HD8066 .S53 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

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