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Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party
Paul Frymer
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Paperback. In the 1930s, fewer than one in one hundred US labor union members were African American. By 1980, the figure was more than one in five. This book explores the politics and history that led to this integration of organized labor. It also tells the story about how the Democratic Party unintentionally sowed the seeds of labor's decline. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
In the 1930s, fewer than one in one hundred U.S. labor union members were African American. By 1980, the figure was more than one in five. Black and Blue explores the politics and history that led to this dramatic integration of organized labor. In the process, the book tells a broader story about how the Democratic Party unintentionally sowed the seeds of labor's decline. The labor and civil rights movements are the cornerstones of the Democratic Party, but for much of the twentieth century these movements worked independently of one another. Paul Frymer argues that as Democrats passed separate legislation ... Read more
In the 1930s, fewer than one in one hundred U.S. labor union members were African American. By 1980, the figure was more than one in five. Black and Blue explores the politics and history that led to this dramatic integration of organized labor. In the process, the book tells a broader story about how the Democratic Party unintentionally sowed the seeds of labor's decline. The labor and civil rights movements are the cornerstones of the Democratic Party, but for much of the twentieth century these movements worked independently of one another. Paul Frymer argues that as Democrats passed separate legislation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691134659
SKU
V9780691134659
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About Paul Frymer
Paul Frymer is associate professor of politics and director of the Legal Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of "Uneasy Alliances: Race and Party Competition in America" (Princeton).
Reviews for Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party
Winner of the 2009 Best Book Award in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, American Political Science Association "Black and Blue is an exceptional study of the relationships between the civil rights and labor movements during the second half of the twentieth century...His study of the particular details of this struggle, as well as the institutional circumstances that guided the struggle will ... Read more