Chicago Labor and the Quest for a Democratic Diplomacy, 1914-1924 / Elizabeth McKillen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKillen, Elizabeth, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924.

Gompers, Samuel.

Labor movement--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Labor movement.

Labor unions--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Labor unions.

Pressure groups--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Pressure groups.

Labor History.

United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1921-1923.

Local Subjects:

Labor History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Reconstructing the campaign waged by a Chicago labor coalition against the foreign policy objectives of the American Federation of Labor, Elizabeth McKillen establishes the impact of United States foreign policy during the World War I era on the development of the labor movement.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Ethnic and Labor Foreign Policy Ideologies in Chicago, 1914-1917

2. Samuel Gompers, Wartime Diplomacy, and the Struggle for Labor Loyalty in Chicago, 1917-1918

3. Innocent Abroad: Gompers, the International Labor Organization, and AFL Foreign Policy, 1919-1922

4. The Labor Party Offensive and the Evolution of an Alternative Labor Foreign Policy

5. John Fitzpatrick and Ethnic Resurgence in Chicago

6. The Final Battle, 1922-1924

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501744648

150174464X

OCLC:

1129175274