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Workers on the waterfront: seamen, longshoremen, and unionism in the 1930s

Nelson, Bruce, 1940-

Year: 1990, c1988.

Publisher: University of Illinois Press.

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Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Introduction: On Working-Class Consciousness and the Mood of Syndicalism

1 Foc'sle and Sailortown: The Life, Work, and Subculture of Merchant Seamen

2 Craft Unionism and Syndicalist Unionism, 1885-1930

3 Red Unionism: The Communist Party and the Marine Workers Industrial Union

4 Prelude to the Pentecostal Era: Communists and Longshoremen in San Francisco

5 The Big Strike

6 The Syndicalist Renaissance

7 The Rise and Fall of the Maritime Federation

8 AFL versus CIO: "We found brother slugging brother"

9 Porkchops and Politics: Unions and the Popular Front

Conclusion: "Labor on the March"-How Far?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Title:

Workers on the waterfront : seamen, longshoremen, and unionism in the 1930s Bruce Nelson.

Author:

Nelson, Bruce, 1940-

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Workers on the waterfront : seamen, longshoremen, and unionism in the 1930s Bruce Nelson.
Nelson, Bruce, 1940-
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990, c1988.

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Subject Headings:

• Merchant mariners -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Stevedores -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Strikes and lockouts -- Merchant marine -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Strikes and lockouts -- Stevedores -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Syndicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Labor unions and communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Working class -- United States -- History -- 20th century

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