Title Intelligent and honest radicals : the Chicago Federation of Labor and the politics of progression / Mitchell Newton-Matza.

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Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The ghosts of upheaval : Chicago law and labor in the nineteenth century -- Whoopla ho! : the creation of the Chicago Federation of Labor and into the twentieth century -- Everybody is watching us now : the CFL and the dream of a Labor Party -- The crack of the whip : the battle against the labor injunction -- The Chicago controversy : the Landis Award -- A brisk war over a new constitution for Illinois -- Conclusion : out of the twenties and into the New Deal.
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Summary	<Span><span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Intelligent and Honest Radicals</span><span> explores the Chicago labor movement's relationship to Illinois legal and political system. Matza focuses on the significant era between the great strike in 1919 to Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration and the beginning of the New Deal in 1933. He brings to light a number of victories and achievements for the labor movement in this period that are often over looked. </span></span></span>
Subject	Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council -- History -- 20th century.
	Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council. (OCoLC)fst00669044
	Labor unions -- Political activity -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
	Labor movement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
	Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950.
	Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
	Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
	Labor movement. (OCoLC)fst00990079
	Labor unions -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst00990299
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Progressivism (United States politics) (OCoLC)fst01078751
	Illinois. (OCoLC)fst01205143
	Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
Chronological Term	To 1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Newton-Matza, Mitchell, 1962- Intelligent and honest radicals 9780739168028 (DLC) 2013021932 (OCoLC)811598038
ISBN	9780739180136 (electronic bk.)
	0739180134 (electronic bk.)

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