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American Rubber Workers & Organized Labor, 1900-1941
Daniel Nelson
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Description for American Rubber Workers & Organized Labor, 1900-1941
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTK; KCF; KND; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1114.
In 1900 the manufacture of rubber products in the United States was concentrated in several hundred small plants around New York and Boston that employed low-paid immigrant workers with no intervention from unions. By the mid-1930s, thanks to the automobile and the Depression, production was concentrated in Ohio, the labor force was largely native born and highly paid, and labor organizations had a decisive influence on the industry. Daniel Nelson tells the story of these changes as a case study of union growth against a background of critical developments in twentieth-century economic life. The author emphasizes the years after ... Read more
In 1900 the manufacture of rubber products in the United States was concentrated in several hundred small plants around New York and Boston that employed low-paid immigrant workers with no intervention from unions. By the mid-1930s, thanks to the automobile and the Depression, production was concentrated in Ohio, the labor force was largely native born and highly paid, and labor organizations had a decisive influence on the industry. Daniel Nelson tells the story of these changes as a case study of union growth against a background of critical developments in twentieth-century economic life. The author emphasizes the years after ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691633817
SKU
V9780691633817
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