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Author Kersten, Andrew Edmund, 1969-

Title Labor's home front : the American Federation of Labor during World War II / Andrew E. Kersten ; consulting editor, Harvey J. Kaye.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-267) and index.
Contents The politics of "equality of sacrifice" : the AFL and wartime labor relations -- Putting the shackles on labor : the AFL and the fight against the open shop -- Building ships for democracy : the AFL, the boilermakers, and wartime racial justice in Portland and Providence -- "Under the stress of necessity" : women and the AFL -- Union against union : the AFL and CIO rivalry -- Death in the factories : worker safety and the AFL -- Planning America's future : the AFL and postwar planning.
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Subject AFL-CIO -- History -- 20th century.
AFL-CIO.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
AFL-CIO.
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
World War (1939-1945)
Labor policy -- United States -- 20th century.
Labor policy.
United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Kersten, Andrew Edmund, 1969- Labor's home front. New York : New York University Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2006009946
ISBN 9781435600379 (electronic book)
1435600371 (electronic book)
0814747868 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780814747865
9780814748244
0814748244