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The corporate rich and the power elite in the twentieth century : how they won, why liberals and labor lost / by G. William Domhoff.
Lippincott Library HD2785 .D6628 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Domhoff, G. William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corporations--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Corporations.
- Industrial policy--United States--History--20th century.
- Industrial policy.
- Corporations--Political aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Labor policy--United States--History--20th century.
- Labor policy.
- Labor unions--United States--History--20th century.
- Labor unions.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 546 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Rise and Fall of Labor Unions p. 41
- 1 The Uphill Battle for Unionism from the 1820s to 1932 p. 43
- 2 The Origins of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 p. 91
- 3 Stronger Unions, a Weaker National Labor Relations Act, 1936-1960 p. 137
- 4 Union Victories, Corporate Pushback in the 1960s p. 165
- 5 The Corporate Moderates Reorganize to Defeat Unions, 1969-1985 p. 191
- Part 2 How the Corporate Moderates Created Social Insurance Programs, and Later Tried to Undermine Them p. 227
- 6 The Origins of the Social Security Act p. 229
- 7 Revising and Augmenting Social Security, 1937-1973 p. 292
- 8 Social Disruption, New Social Benefits, and then Cutbacks, 1967-1999 p. 317
- 9 The Circuitous Path to the Affordable Care Act, 1974-2010 p. 342
- Part 3 The Rise of an International Economic System, 1939-2000 p. 371
- 10 The Council on Foreign Relations and World Trade p. 373
- 11 The Grand Area and the Origins of the International Monetary Fund p. 397
- 12 The Grand Area Strategy and the Vietnam War p. 429
- 13 Rebuilding Europe in the Face of Ultraconservative Resistance, 1945-1967 p. 446
- 14 From Turmoil to the World Trade Organization, 1968-2000 p. 469
- 15 The Shortcomings of Alternative Theories p. 499.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Domhoff, G. William, author. Corporate rich and the power elite in the twentieth century
- ISBN:
- 9780367252021
- 0367252023
- 9780367253899
- 0367253895
- OCLC:
- 1085580387
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