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1 online resource (316 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1 The Labor Problem; 2 Labor and the Election of 1920; 3 Interim: November 1920 to March 1921; 4 The Open Shop and Immigration Restriction; 5 The Hoover Approach; 6 Industrial Crisis of 1922; 7 Transition; 8 Labor, Progressives, and Republicans; 9 The Railway Labor Act of 1926; 10 Labor Policies in the Soft Coal Industry; 11 The Late Twenties; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. |
| Summary |
At no other time in American history had labor unrest been more evident than the period immediately after World War I. Robert H. Zeiger here recounts the labor problems that faced the Republican administrations of Presidents Harding and Coolidge -- massive strikes, antiracial hysteria, and the hardening of class attitudes throughout the nation -- and describes the programs and policies of Republican leaders -- particularly those of Herbert Hoover -- to solve them. Zeiger finds that while suspicion and animosity between the Republicans and the union leaders persisted, the rising prosperity of t. |
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| Subject |
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
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Labor movement -- United States.
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Labor movement. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Economic policy -- To 1933.
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Economic policy. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1933 |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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To 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Zieger, Robert H. Republicans and Labor : 1919--1929. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813155401 |
| ISBN |
9780813164991 (electronic book) |
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0813164990 (electronic book) |
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0813155401 |
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9780813155401 |
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