Strikebreaking and Intimidation: Mercenaries and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century America

by Stephen H. Norwood

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This is the first systematic study of strikebreaking, intimidation, and anti-unionism in the United States, subjects essential to a full understanding of labor's fortunes in the twentieth century. Paradoxically, the country that pioneered the expansion of civil liberties allowed corporations to assemble private armies to disrupt union organizing, spy on workers, and break strikes. Using a social-historical approach, Stephen Norwood focuses on the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807853739

ISBN13:9780807853733

Release Date:May 2002

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

20th Century Business & Investing Economics History Labor & Industrial Relations Men Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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