Making a new deal : industrial workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 / Lizabeth Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Lizabeth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Working class.

History.

Illinois--Chicago.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 526 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition, new edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2008]

Summary:

"This book examines how it was possible and what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s. Lizabeth Cohen follows Chicago workers as they make choices about whether to attend ethnic benefit society meetings or go to the movies, whether to shop in local neighborhood stores or patronize the new A&P. Although workers may not have been political in traditional terms during the Twenties, as they made daily decisions like these, they declared their loyalty in ways that would ultimately have political significance. As the depression worsened in the 1930s, not only did workers find their pay and working hours cut or eliminated, but the survival strategies they had developed during the 1920s were undermined. Looking elsewhere for help, workers adopted new ideological perspectives and overcame longstanding divisions among themselves to mount new kinds of collective action. Chicago workers' experiences as citizens, ethnics and blacks, wage earners and consumers all converged to make them into New Deal Democrats and CIO unionists."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

1 Living and Working in Chicago in 1919 11

2 Ethnicity in the New Era 53

3 Encountering Mass Culture 99

4 Contested Loyalty at the Workplace 159

5 Adrift in the Great Depression 213

6 Workers Make a New Deal 251

7 Becoming a Union Rank and File 291

8 Workers' Common Ground 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521887489

0521887488

9780521715355

0521715350

OCLC:

181422425

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Inhaltsverzeichnis Making a new deal