Between 1918-24 major city centres of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), opposed by the AFL leadership, launched labour parties. This study of labour's political activity in New York Chicago and Seattle challenges the "exceptionalist" view of the American class system. For the failure to build a labour party had more to do with opposition from the employers, the main parties and the AFL leadership than any ideological commitment to the "American Dream".
Sprache
Verlagsort
Basingstoke
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 224 mm
Breite: 143 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-333-73571-8 (9780333735718)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Acknowledgements - Introduction - From Reconstruction to Labour Parties: The Crucible of War - False Dawn: Independent Labour Politics in New York 1919-1920 - One Step Forward: The Birth of the Labor Party, Chicago 1919-1920 - A Long and Winding Road: Seattle 1918-1920 - New York Farmer Labor Party and Socialist Party Unite: A Suicide Pact? Independent Political Action in New York 1921-1924 - Two Steps Back: Red Flag to White Flag: Chicago 1921-1924 - Duncan's Last Stand: Seattle 1921-1924 - Conclusion - Appendix: Labor's Fourteen Points - Index
