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Author:

Huibregtse, Jon R.

Title:

American railroad labor and the genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935 / Jon R. Huibregtse ; foreword by Richard Greenwald and Timothy Minchin.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiv, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Railroads--History--Labor unions--United States--History--20th century.
Railroads--United States--History--History--20th century.
Railroads--History--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--History--20th century.
Working class--United States--History--20th century.
Working class--History--United States--History--20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.
United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Railroading prior to World War I -- The Great War and its aftermath -- Grassroots political organization -- The road to political power, 1922-1924 -- The Railroad Labor Act -- Strengthening the Railroad Labor Act -- Railroad retirement and social security -- Railroad unions and labor banks.

Series:

Working in the Americas

ISBN:

0813034655 (alk. paper)
9780813034652 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)437299334

LCCN:

2009040190

Locations:

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)