Title Divided we stand : American workers and the struggle for Black equality / Bruce Nelson.

Publication Info.	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2001]
	©2001

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Description	xliv, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Politics and society in twentieth-century America
	Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject	African Americans -- Employment -- History.
	African Americans -- Employment.
	History.
	Minorities -- Employment -- United States -- History.
	Minorities -- Employment.
	United States.
	Foreign workers -- United States -- History.
	Foreign workers.
	Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History.
	Discrimination in employment.
	Race discrimination -- United States -- History.
	Race discrimination.
	African American iron and steel workers -- History.
	African American iron and steel workers.
	African American stevedores -- History.
	African American stevedores.
ISBN	0691017328 alkaline paper

Title Divided we stand : American workers and the struggle for Black equality / Bruce Nelson.

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