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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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