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Author:

Clark, Daniel J. author.

Title:

Disruption in Detroit : autoworkers and the elusive postwar boom / Daniel J. Clark.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xi, 243 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Automobile industry workers--Detroit--Detroit--History--20th century.
Automobile industry workers--History--Detroit--Detroit--History--20th century.
Automobile industry and trade--Detroit--Detroit--History--20th century.
Detroit (Mich.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
1900-1999

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Shortages and strikes, 1945-1948 -- The era of "The treaty of Detroit," 1949-1950 -- No longer the arsenal of democracy, 1951-1952 -- A post-Korean War boom, 1953 -- A "painfully inconvenient" recession, 1954 -- The fifties in one year, 1955 -- "A severe and prolonged hangover," 1956-1957 -- The nadir, 1958 -- "What is happening? Which way are we headed?" 1959-1960 -- Conclusion.

Series:

Working class in American history

ISBN:

0252042018
9780252042010
0252083709
9780252083709

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1029071990

LCCN:

2018007677

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)