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American railroad labor and the genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935 / Jon R. Huibregtse ; foreword by Richard Greenwald and Timothy Minchin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huibregtse, Jon R.
- Series:
- Working in the Americas.
- Working in the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--United States--History--20th century.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--United States--Employees--History--20th century.
- Railroads--Employees--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History--20th century.
- Working class--United States--History--20th century.
- Working class.
- Working class--Political activity--United States--History--20th century.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.
- United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents. Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National
- Contents:
- Railroading prior to World War I
- The Great War and its aftermath
- Grassroots political organization
- The road to political power, 1922-1924
- The Railroad Labor Act
- Strengthening the Railroad Labor Act
- Railroad retirement and social security
- Railroad unions and labor banks.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-3854-5
- 0-8130-4295-X
- OCLC:
- 815667426
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