Crucible of freedom : workers' democracy in the industrial heartland, 1914-1960 /

Crucible of freedom : workers' democracy in the industrial heartland, 1914-1960 / Eric Leif Davin.

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This book explores the relation between democracy and industrialization in United States history. Over the course of the 1930s, the political center almost disappeared as the Democratic New Deal became the litmus test of class, with blue collar workers providing its bedrock of support while white co...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Davin, Eric Leif
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.
Subjects:
Working class > United States > History > 20th century.
Labor > United States > History > 20th century.
Industrial relations > United States > History > 20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
New Deal, 1933-1939
Industrial relations.
Labor.
Social conditions.
Working class.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The workers' New Deal
  • The workers mobilize
  • The sources of solidarity, 1914-1930
  • From aliens to Americans
  • Ambiguous allies
  • A choice of champions
  • Storming the Bastille, 1930-1934
  • The workers' real deal, 1935-1937
  • Thermidor, deadlock, and consolidation, 1938-1940
  • Equality, solidarity, and a fair deal, 1940-1948
  • No retreat, no surrender, 1949-1960
  • All that is solid melts into air
  • The crucible of freedom.

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