{"product_id":"working-hard-for-the-american-dream-isbn-9781118541401","title":"Working Hard for the American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorking Hard for the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an overview of labor history that also considers women workers, ethnic America, and post-World War II workers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates the most recent scholarship in labor history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes the story of labor up to the present day in a readable and accessible manner\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Back to the Future 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 “Everyone Was Ready For Unionism”: The Precursors, Promises, and Pitfalls of Industrial Unions in the 1930s 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Prelude: Industrial Democracy Betrayed, from Wilson to Hoover 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorporate Prelude: The Unintended Consequences of 1920s Corporate Policies 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking-Class Prelude: Activism 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Deal for Workers: A Failed and Flawed Start 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting for Unionism in the 1930s Without Meaningful Federal Protection 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wagner Act and Industrial Unionism 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorporate Resistance and Workers’ Unity 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtending the New Deal for Workers 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Workers’ New Deal and Industrial Unionism 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Big Wars, Big Labor, Big Costs 70\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWartime Mobilization, 1939–1941 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernment Intervention: War Industries and Labor Policies, 1941–1945 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWartime Demographic Developments 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrisis in Industrial Relations, 1945–1946 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostwar Politics and Taft-Hartley, 1946–1948 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical (Mis)calculations: Operation Dixie, CIO Purges, and International Alliances, 1946–1950s 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Labor, Big Costs, 1955–1960s 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Civil Rights Versus Labor Rights, 1960s–1970s 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding Public and Service Sectors 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Sector Workers and Union Rights 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Laws and Workplace Challenges 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Workplace Rights 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Push and Pull of Changing Times: New Unionists, Rank-and-File Movements, AFL-CIO Leaders, and Nixon 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnionists Divided and Under Siege 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Working More for Less and Other Troubles for Workers in the Late Twentieth Century 174\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfit Making in a Global World 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Human Price of Modern Capitalism 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political Shaping of the Economy 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe AFL-CIO Leadership’s Resistance to Change 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnovation and Possibilities 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange from the Bottom-Up 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Illusive American Dream: A Personal Journey 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 278\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e “Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels of students; faculty and researchers; professionals; general readers.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October  2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRandi Storch\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the State University of New York, College at Cortland. She is author of \u003ci\u003eRed Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-1935\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).  \u003ci\u003eWorking Hard for the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e presents an in-depth examination of the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. By taking a working-class perspective, the text vividly illustrates the ways average workers experienced the U.S. economy's changing nature, the relationship of the government to workers, and how global economic and political forces affected—and were affected by—working Americans.  We are shown how evolving economic developments and the changing composition of the nation's working class affected working-class agency and protest, ideologies, and organization. Workers' struggle to exert power in the modern workplace is also examined, along with how and why workplace activism has changed over time among a broad range of industrial, agricultural, public, and service workers. Incorporating the most recent scholarship in labor history, \u003ci\u003eWorking Hard for the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e offers illuminating insights into 20th-century union history in the United States.  \u003cp\u003e\"In this impressive synthesis of the literature of the field, Storch has deftly accessed both standards within the New Labor History and cutting-edge material, offering at once an excellent text to undergraduate students surveying the field and an invaluable narrative to graduate students and scholars reaching for a source to understand current thinking. Her writing is crisp and clear, and she balances chronology and themes masterfully.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --Daniel Katz, Dean of Labor Studies and Professor of History, National Labor College\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The text not only proceeds at a nice pace but is infused with a dynamism and sense of importance that students will certainly appreciate. Storch’s ability to cover so many topics and maintain a sense of momentum is admirable.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --Kathleen Mapes, Associate Professor of History, SUNY Geneseo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990506029285,"sku":"NP9781118541401","price":79.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118541401.jpg?v=1761788100","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/working-hard-for-the-american-dream-isbn-9781118541401","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}