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Subterranean fire : a history of working-class radicalism in the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Sharon, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2006.
Subjects:
Working class > Political activity > United States > History.
Labor movement > United States > History.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Class struggle in the "land of opportunity," 1865-1930
  • Are American workers different?
  • The peculiarities of American capitalism
  • The battle for industrial unions - the view from below
  • The rise of the labor left, 1900-1930
  • Depression decade : the turning point
  • The employers strike back
  • From World War to Cold War
  • Social contract?
  • One-sided class war
  • The employers' offensive
  • The neoliberal president dismantles the New Deal
  • Rule of the neocons.