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American Labor and Economic Citizenship
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Artikel-Nr:
9781107559677
Veröffentl:
2015
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.05.2015
Seiten:
338
Autor:
Mark Hendrickson
Gewicht:
491 g
Format:
229x152x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Mark Hendrickson is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.
This book argues that the period from World War I to the Great Depression was an incubating era when innovative and lasting policy paradigms emerged.
Introduction; 1. 'Hoovering' in the twenties: efficiency, wages, and growth in the 'new economic system'; 2. Wages and the public interest: economists and the wage questions in the new era; 3. Enlightened labor? Labor's share and economic stability; 4. A new capitalism? Interrogating employers' efforts to cultivate a 'feeling of partnership' in industry; 5. Gender research as labor activism: the women's bureau in the new era; 6. The new 'Negro problem'; 7. Promising problems: working toward a reconstructed understanding of the African American and Mexican worker; Conclusion.