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Political Economy of Labor Repression in the United States.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (437 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498524032
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political Economy of Labor Repression in the United StatesDDC classification:
  • 331.10973
LOC classification:
  • HD8066.K655 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The State and the Economy after the American Revolution -- 2 Inclusion-Exclusion and the Growth of American Capitalism -- 3 The Working Class on the Defensive -- 4 Political Repression at the Workplace -- 5 Post-World War I to the Depression -- 6 The Depression and Labor Repression -- 7 The Labor Anti-Communism Backlash -- 8 Capital and Labor during WWII -- 9 Domestic Cold War Politics and Labor Repression -- 10 Economic Downturns and Labor Repression from the 1970s -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book explores the political economy of labor repression and expands the meaning of repression by looking at the relation of politics to economics throughout the course of US history. It explains how and why this relation leads to the repression of labor and considers how it develops over time from the social relation of capital and labor.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The State and the Economy after the American Revolution -- 2 Inclusion-Exclusion and the Growth of American Capitalism -- 3 The Working Class on the Defensive -- 4 Political Repression at the Workplace -- 5 Post-World War I to the Depression -- 6 The Depression and Labor Repression -- 7 The Labor Anti-Communism Backlash -- 8 Capital and Labor during WWII -- 9 Domestic Cold War Politics and Labor Repression -- 10 Economic Downturns and Labor Repression from the 1970s -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book explores the political economy of labor repression and expands the meaning of repression by looking at the relation of politics to economics throughout the course of US history. It explains how and why this relation leads to the repression of labor and considers how it develops over time from the social relation of capital and labor.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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