| Author | Nelson, Bruce, 1940-
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| Title | Divided we stand : American workers and the struggle for Black equality / Bruce Nelson.
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| Published | Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2001.
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| Description | xliv, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| Series | Politics and society in twentieth-century America
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| ISBN | 0-691-01732-8 (alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Introduction: "Something in the 'atmosphere' of America" -- pt. 1. Longshoremen -- The logic and limits of solidarity, 1850s-1920s -- New York: "They... helped to create themselves out of what they found around them" -- Waterfront unionism and "race solidarity": from the Crescent City to the City of Angels -- pt. 2. Steelworkers -- Ethnicity and race in steel's nonunion era -- "Regardless of creed, color, or nationality": steelworkers and civil rights (I) -- "We are determined to secure justice now": steelworkers and civil rights (II) -- "The steel was hot, the jobs were dirty, and it was war": class, race, and working-class agency in Youngstown -- Epilogue: "Other energies, other dreams": toward a new labor movement.
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| Subjects | African Americans -- Employment -- History.
African Americans iron and steel workers -- History.
African Americans stevedores -- History.
Alien labor -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History.
Minorities -- Employment -- United States -- History.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History.
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| LC Card Number | 00-40094 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: HD 8081 A25 N42
mq226422: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 136997] |
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