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Crucible of freedom : workers' democracy in the industrial heartland, 1914-1960 / Eric Leif Davin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davin, Eric Leif.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working class--United States--History--20th century.
- Working class.
- Labor--United States--History--20th century.
- Labor.
- Industrial relations--United States--History--20th century.
- Industrial relations.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- United States--Social conditions--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (464 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Working people created a new America in the 1930's and 1940's which was a fundamental departure from the feudalistic and hierarchical America which existed before. In the process, class politics re-defined the political agenda of America as-for the first and time in American history-the political universe polarized along class lines. The author explores the meaning of the new deal political mobilization by ordinary people by examining the changes it brought to the local, county, and state levels in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and Pennsylvania as a whole.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Workers' New Deal; Chapter 2: The Workers Mobilize; Chapter 3: The Sources of Solidarity, 1914-1930; Chapter 4: From Aliens to Americans; Chapter 5: Ambiguous Allies; Chapter 6: A Choice of Champions; Chapter 7: Storming the Bastille, 1930-1934; Chapter 8: The Workers' Real Deal. 1935-1937; Chapter 9: Thermidor. Deadlock, and Consolidation, 1938-1940; Chapter 10: Equality. Solidarity. and A Fair Deal, 1940-1948; Chapter 11: No Retreat, No Surrender. 1949-1960; Chapter 12: All That is Solid Melts into Air
- Chapter 13: The Crucible of Freedom Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-27115-4
- 9786613911858
- 1-283-59940-6
- 0-7391-4572-X
- OCLC:
- 855502126
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