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1 online resource (x, 265 pages) |
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polychrome |
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JSTOR EBA.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Constructing black power / David Goldberg and Trevor Griffey -- "Revolution has come to Brooklyn" : construction trades protests and the Negro revolt of 1963 / Brian Purnell -- "The laboratory of democracy": construction industry racism in Newark and the limits of liberalism / Julia Rabig -- "Work for me also means work for the community I come from" : black contractors, black capitalism, and affirmative action in the Bay Area / John J. Rosen -- Community control of construction, independent unionism, and the "short black power movement" in Detroit / David Goldberg -- "The stone wall behind" : Chicago's Coalition for United Community Action and labor's overseers, 1968-1973 / Erik S. Gellman -- "The blacks should not be administering the Philadelphia plan" : Nixon, the hard hats, and "voluntary" affirmative action / Trevor Griffey -- From jobs to power : the United Construction Workers Association and Title VII community organizing in the 1970s / Trevor Griffey -- White male identity politics, the building trades, and the future of American labor / David Goldberg and Trevor Griffey. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
African American construction workers.
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African American construction workers. |
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African American labor union members.
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African American labor union members. |
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Construction workers -- Labor unions -- United States.
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Construction workers -- Labor unions. |
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United States. |
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Affirmative action programs -- United States.
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Affirmative action programs. |
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Labor movement -- United States.
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Labor movement. |
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Black power -- United States.
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Black power. |
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Civil rights movements -- United States.
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Civil rights movements. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Goldberg, David A., 1972-
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Griffey, Trevor, 1975-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Black power at work. Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2010011806 |
ISBN |
9780801461958 (electronic book) |
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0801461952 (electronic book) |
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9780801446580 (alkaline paper) |
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0801446589 (alkaline paper) |
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9780801474316 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0801474310 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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