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Pursuing justice : Lee Pressman, the New Deal, and the CIO / Gilbert J. Gall.
LIBRA KF373.P65 G35 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gall, Gilbert J.
- Series:
- SUNY series in American labor history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pressman, Lee, 1906-1969.
- Pressman, Lee.
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.).
- Lawyers--United States--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- History.
- Labor unions and communism.
- United States.
- Labor laws and legislation--United States--History.
- Labor laws and legislation.
- Labor unions and communism--United States--History.
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [1999]
- Contents:
- Prologue: "For the same reasons, the same response." 1
- 1. World of Our Sons 5
- 2. Certainty in Human Form 23
- 3. Hammer and Steel 46
- 4. Mobilizing the Administrative State 75
- 5. Establishing the Commonwealth of Steel 113
- 6. General Counsel 158
- 7. The Road to Gideon's Army 192
- 8. The Miscalculation 232
- 9. Pursuing "Comrade Big" 263
- Epilogue: "A quiet law practice ..." 299.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-350) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791441032
- 0791441040
- OCLC:
- 38948396
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