Reform or Repression : Organizing America's Anti-Union Movement.
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- 9780812292206
- 331.88/92097309041
- HD6488.2.U6P43 2016
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction. Reformers and Fighters: Employers and the Labor Problem -- Part I. Nation -- Chapter 1. Fighting ''Union Dictation'': Birth of the Open-Shop Movement -- Chapter 2. ''For the Protection of the Common People'': Citizens, Progressives, and ''Free Workers'' -- Part II. Region -- Chapter 3. A Tale of Two Men: Class Traitors and Strikebreaking in Cleveland -- Chapter 4. Avenging McKinley: Organized Employers in Buffalo -- Chapter 5. Making the ''City of Prosperity'': The Poetry of Industrial Harmony in Worcester -- Chapter 6. ''A Solid South for the Open Shop'': N. F. Thompson and the Labor Solution -- Conclusion. Creating the ''Common Good'': Individual Rights, Industrial Progress, and Virtuous Citizenship -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Examining the professional lives of a variety of businessmen and their advocates with the intent of taking their words seriously, Chad Pearson paints a vivid picture of an epic contest between industrial employers and labor, and challenges our comfortable notions of Progressive Era reformers.
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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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