Title Labor and the American left : an analytical history / Mel van Elteren.

Publication Info.	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2011]
	©2011

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	322.2 E51L	Check Shelf

Description	ix, 249 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"This book explores relations between organized labor and left-wing parties and movements in America at crucial junctures from the 1870s to the present. Providing fresh insight into current political developments, it highlights emerging alternatives and major challenges facing labor and the left today"--Provided by publisher.
Contents	The U.S. political system and institutional constraints on labor-based politics -- Organized labor, socialist parties, and early efforts to establish a labor party -- Labor and the left during the New Deal and the onset of the Cold War -- Corporate assaults on the labor left and the limits of post-war liberalism -- Labor renewal and the issues of immigration, globalized production and erosion of workers' rights -- The legacy of U.S. labor politics and challenges facing the left.
Subject	Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States -- History.
	Socialist parties -- United States -- History.
	Labor unions and socialism -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Politics and government.
	Labor unions and socialism. (OCoLC)fst01750262
	Labor unions -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst00990299
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Socialist parties. (OCoLC)fst01123730
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Politiska partier -- historia -- Förenta staterna.
	Fackföreningsrörelsen -- historia -- Förenta staterna.
	Arbetarrörelsen -- historia -- Förenta staterna.
	Förenta staterna -- politik och förvaltning.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780786464876 (softcover ; alk. paper)
	0786464879 (softcover ; alk. paper)

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