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Languages : en
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American Vanguard. 1948-.
Author: American Vanguard
Author: John BarnardPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814332979
Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important chapter in the story of American democracy. American Vanguard is the first and only history of the union available for both general and academic audiences. In this thorough and engaging narrative, John Barnard not only records the controversial issues tackled by the UAW, but also lends them immediacy through details about the workers and their environments, the leaders and the challenges that they faced outside and inside the organization, and the vision that guided many of these activists. Throughout, Barnard traces the UAW's two-fold goal: to create an industrial democracy in the workplace and to pursue a social-democratic agenda in the interest of the public at large. Part one explores the obstacles to the UAW's organization, including tensions between militant reformers and workers who feared for their jobs; ideological differences; racial and ethnic issues; and public attitudes toward unions. By the outbreak of World War II, however, the union had succeeded in redistributing power on the shop floor in its members' favor. Part two follows the union during Walter P. Reuther's presidency (1946-1970). During this time, pioneering contracts brought a new standard of living and income security to the workers, while an effort was made to move America toward a social democracy-which met with mixed results during the civil rights decade. Throughout, Barnard presents balanced interpretations grounded in evidence, while setting the UAW within the context of the history of the U.S. auto industry and national politics.
American Vanguard
Author: Don M. WolfePublisher:
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Category : Short stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Stories, sketches, and excerpts selected from manuscripts submitted in the Writers' Workshops at the New School for Social Research.
American Vanguard, 1953
Author: Charles Irving GlicksbergPublisher:
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Category : Short stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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American Vanguard 1956
Author: Frank AlexPublisher:
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Category : Short stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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American Vanguard ...
Author: Don Marion WolfePublisher:
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Category : Short stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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American Vanguard 1952. Edited by D.M. Wolfe, Etc
Author: Don Marion WOLFEThe End of the American Avant Garde
Author: Stuart D. HobbsPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814735398
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
"By 1966, the composer Virgil Thomson would write, "Truth is, there is no avant-garde today." How did the avant garde dissolve, and why? In this thought-provoking work, Stuart D. Hobbs traces the avant garde from its origins to its eventual appropriation by a conservative political agenda, consumer culture, and the institutional world of art.
American Scene
Author: Don M. WolfePublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A collection of stories, excepts from novels, and poems by young writers.
Notable American Women, 1607-1950
Author: Radcliffe CollegePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674627345
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 2172
Book Description
Vol. 1. A-F, Vol. 2. G-O, Vol. 3. P-Z modern period.