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Labor's home front : the American Federation of Labor during World War II / Andrew E. Kersten ; consulting editor, Harvey J. Kaye.
Lippincott Library HD8072 .K38 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kersten, Andrew Edmund, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AFL-CIO--History--20th century.
- AFL-CIO.
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.).
- Labor policy--United States--20th century.
- Labor policy.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations
- Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop
- Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence
- "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL
- Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry
- Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL
- Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814747868
- OCLC:
- 65341019
- Publisher Number:
- 9780814747865
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