Intelligent and Honest Radicals

The Chicago Federation of Labor and the Politics of Progression

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Intelligent and Honest Radicals explores the Chicago labor movement’s relationship to Illinois legal and political system especially as seen through the eyes of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL). Newton-Matza focuses on the significant era between the great strike in 1919 and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inauguration and the beginning of the New Deal in 1933. He brings to light a number of victories and achievements for the labor movement in this period that are often overlooked. Newton-Matza shows the Chicago labor movement as a progressive agency intent on changing the workers’ world through words and peaceful actions, drawing upon their personal experiences and ideology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-09-26
Mått:160 x 237 x 24 mm
Vikt:517 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:254
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739168028

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Mitchell Matza received his PhD in history from The Catholic University of America.

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This book sheds important new light on the Chicago labor movement and its role in shaping Illinois labor legislation, politics, and legal practices toward unions in a neglected era.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: The Ghosts of Upheaval: Chicago Law and Labor in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter Two: Whoopla Ho! : The Creation of the Chicago Federation of Labor and into the Twentieth CenturyChapter Three: Everybody Is Watching Us Now: The CFL and the Dream of a Labor PartyChapter Four: The Crack of the Whip: The Battle against the Labor InjunctionChapter Five: The Chicago Controversy: The Landis AwardChapter Six: A Brisk War over a New Constitution for IllinoisConclusion: Out of the Twenties and into the New DealBibliography