American Railroad Labor And The Genesis Of The New Deal 1919 1935

Author : Jon R. Huibregtse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : New Deal, 1933-1939
ISBN : 0813038545

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American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935 by Jon R. Huibregtse Pdf

American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents. Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National Labor R.

Author : Jon R. Huibregtse
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813042954

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American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935 by Jon R. Huibregtse Pdf

American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. Jon Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time, arguing that not only were they active, but that they made a big difference in American Labor practices by helping to set legal precedents. Huibregtse explains how efforts by the Plumb Plan League and the Railroad Labor Executive Association created the Railroad Labor Act, its amendments, and the Railroad Retirement Act. These laws became models for the National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act. Unfortunately, the significant contributions of the railroad laws are, more often than not, overlooked when the NLRA or Social Security are discussed. Offering a new perspective on labor unions in the 1920s, Huibregtse describes how the railroad unions created a model for union activism that workers’ organizations followed for the next two decades.

Author : James S. Olson,Mariah Gumpert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216091837

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The Great Depression and the New Deal by James S. Olson,Mariah Gumpert Pdf

Intended for AP-focused American history high school students, this book supplies a complete quick reference source and study aide on the Great Depression and New Deal in America, covering the key themes, events, people, legislation, economics, and policies. The Great Depression and the New Deal remain key topics in American History that come up often as testing subject material. This book—comprising an introduction, encyclopedic A–Z entries, a chronology, thematic tagging, more than a dozen primary sources, Advanced Placement (AP) exam resources, and a bibliography—provides a complete resource for studying the themes, events, people, legislation, economics, and policy of the Great Depression and New Deal in America. It is ideally suited as a study resource for high school students studying to take the AP U.S. history course as well as undergraduates taking an introductory U.S. History survey course. The Great Depression and the New Deal: Key Themes and Documents supplies an easy-to-use guide to the central concepts, themes, and events of a pivotal era in American history that presents the Great Depression and New Deal in 10 thematic categories. While the focus of this book is on the AP course content itself rather than on the exam, it also features exam preparation-specific content, such as a sample documents-based essay question, a list of "Top Tips" for answering documents-based essay questions, and period-specific learning objectives that are in alignment with the new fall 2014 AP U.S. History curriculum framework.

Author : Elizabeth Faue
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136175510

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Rethinking the American Labor Movement by Elizabeth Faue Pdf

Rethinking the American Labor Movement tells the story of the various groups and incidents that make up what we think of as the "labor movement." While the efforts of the American labor force towards greater wealth parity have been rife with contention, the struggle has embraced a broad vision of a more equitable distribution of the nation’s wealth and a desire for workers to have greater control over their own lives. In this succinct and authoritative volume, Elizabeth Faue reconsiders the varied strains of the labor movement, situating them within the context of rapidly transforming twentieth-century American society to show how these efforts have formed a political and social movement that has shaped the trajectory of American life. Rethinking the American Labor Movement is indispensable reading for scholars and students interested in American labor in the twentieth century and in the interplay between labor, wealth, and power.

Author : Veronica B. Wilkins
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Great Depression by Veronica B. Wilkins Pdf

"Learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the Great Depression"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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United States Academic Decathlon Curriculum by Anonim Pdf

Author : Greg Patmore,Shelton Stromquist
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780252050503

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Frontiers of Labor by Greg Patmore,Shelton Stromquist Pdf

Alike in many aspects of their histories, Australia and the United States diverge in striking ways when it comes to their working classes, labor relations, and politics. Greg Patmore and Shelton Stromquist curate innovative essays that use transnational and comparative analysis to explore the two nations' differences. The contributors examine five major areas: World War I's impact on labor and socialist movements; the history of coerced labor; patterns of ethnic and class identification; forms of working-class collective action; and the struggles related to trade union democracy and independent working-class politics. Throughout, many essays highlight how hard-won transnational ties allowed Australians and Americans to influence each other's trade union and political cultures. Contributors: Robin Archer, Nikola Balnave, James R. Barrett, Bradley Bowden, Verity Burgmann, Robert Cherny, Peter Clayworth, Tom Goyens, Dianne Hall, Benjamin Huf, Jennie Jeppesen, Marjorie A. Jerrard, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Diane Kirkby, Elizabeth Malcolm, Patrick O'Leary, Greg Patmore, Scott Stephenson, Peta Stevenson-Clarke, Shelton Stromquist, and Nathan Wise

Author : Robert E. Gallamore,John R. Meyer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674369375

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American Railroads by Robert E. Gallamore,John R. Meyer Pdf

Once an icon of American industry, railroads fell into a long decline beginning around the turn of the twentieth century. Overburdened with regulation and often displaced by barge traffic on government-maintained waterways, trucking on interstate highways, and jet aviation, railroads measured their misfortune in lost market share, abandoned track, bankruptcies, and unemployment. Today, however, as Robert Gallamore and John Meyer demonstrate, rail transportation is reviving, rescued by new sources of traffic and advanced technology, as well as less onerous bureaucracy. In 1970, Congress responded to the industry's plight by consolidating most passenger rail service nationwide into Amtrak. But private-sector freight service was left to succeed or fail on its own. The renaissance in freight traffic began in 1980 with the Staggers Rail Act, which allowed railroad companies to contract with customers for services and granted freedom to set most rates based on market supply and demand. Railroads found new business hauling low-sulfur coal and grain long distances in redesigned freight cars, while double-stacked container cars moved a growing volume of both international and domestic goods. Today, trains have smaller crews, operate over better track, and are longer and heavier than ever before. Near the end of the twentieth century, after several difficult but important mergers, privately owned railroads increased their investments in safe, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly freight transportation. American Railroads tells a riveting story about how this crucial U.S. industry managed to turn itself around.

Author : Melvyn Dubofsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1139 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199738816

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History by Melvyn Dubofsky Pdf

As the global economic crisis that developed in the year 2008 makes clear, it is essential for educated individuals to understand the history that underlies contemporary economic developments. This encyclopedia will offer students and scholars access to information about the concepts, institutions/organizations, events, and individuals that have shaped the history of economics, business, and labor from the origins of what later became the United States in an earlier age of globalization and the expansion of capitalism to the present. It will include entries that explore the changing character of capitalism from the seventeenth century to the present; that cover the evolution of business practices and organizations over the same time period; that describe changes in the labor force as legally free workers replaced a labor force dominated by slaves and indentures; that treat the means by which workers sought to better their lives; and that deal with government policies and practices that affected economic activities, business developments, and the lives of working people. Readers will be able to find readily at hand information about key economic concepts and theories, major economists, diverse sectors of the economy, the history of economic and financial crises, major business organizations and their founders, labor organizations and their leaders, and specific government policies and judicial rulings that have shaped US economic and labor history. Readers will also be guided to the best and most recent scholarly works related to the subject covered by the entry. Because of the broad chronological span covered by the encyclopedia and the breadth of its subjects, it should prove useful to history students, economics majors, school of business entrants as well as to those studying public policy and administration.

Author : Albert J. Churella
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780253066367

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The Pennsylvania Railroad by Albert J. Churella Pdf

By 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line, struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to the dominant transportation company in the United States. In Volume 2 of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Albert J. Churella continues his history of this giant of American transportation. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the world's largest business corporation and the nation's most important railroad. By 1917, the Pennsylvania Railroad, like the nation itself, was confronting a very different world. The war that had consumed Europe since 1914 was about to engulf the United States. Amid unprecedented demand for transportation, the federal government undertook the management of the railroads, while new labor policies and new regulatory initiatives, coupled with a postwar recession, would challenge the company like never before. Only time would tell whether the years that followed would signal a new beginning for the Pennsylvania Railroad or the beginning of the end. The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Age of Limits, 1917-1933, represents an unparalleled look at the history, the personalities, and the technologies of this iconic American company in a period that marked the shift from building an empire to exploring the limits of their power.

Author : Herbert Hovenkamp
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199331307

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The Opening of American Law by Herbert Hovenkamp Pdf

Two late Victorian ideas disrupted American legal thought: the Darwinian theory of evolution and marginalist economics. The legal thought that emerged can be called 'neoclassical', because it embodied ideas that were radically new while retaining many elements of what had gone before. Although Darwinian social science was developed earlier, in most legal disciplines outside of criminal law and race theory marginalist approaches came to dominate. This book carries these themes through a variety of legal subjects in both public and private law.

Author : Paula Baker,Donald T. Critchlow
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199341788

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The Oxford Handbook of American Political History by Paula Baker,Donald T. Critchlow Pdf

This collection of essays by twenty-nine distinguished scholars provides readers with a complete overview of American politics and policy that can be found in any single volume. These essays reveal that American politics historically is volatile, not given easily to civility, and polarizing; at the same time, they explore important political developments in addressing real issues confronting the nation and the world.

Author : Robert H. Zieger
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813042725

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Life and Labor in the New New South by Robert H. Zieger Pdf

This collection of essays explores the dynamic new face of Southern labor since 1950. Life and Labor in the New New South weaves together the best work of established scholars with emerging cutting-edge research on ethnicity, gender, prison labor, de-industrialization, rapidly changing demographic and employment patterns, and popular response to globalization.

Author : Mark R. Wilson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780812248333

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Destructive Creation by Mark R. Wilson Pdf

During World War II, the United States helped vanquish the Axis powers by converting its enormous economic capacities into military might. Producing nearly two-thirds of all the munitions used by Allied forces, American industry became what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "the arsenal of democracy." Crucial in this effort were business leaders. Some of these captains of industry went to Washington to coordinate the mobilization, while others led their companies to churn out weapons. In this way, the private sector won the war—or so the story goes. Based on new research in business and military archives, Destructive Creation shows that the enormous mobilization effort relied not only on the capacities of private companies but also on massive public investment and robust government regulation. This public-private partnership involved plenty of government-business cooperation, but it also generated antagonism in the American business community that had lasting repercussions for American politics. Many business leaders, still engaged in political battles against the New Deal, regarded the wartime government as an overreaching regulator and a threatening rival. In response, they mounted an aggressive campaign that touted the achievements of for-profit firms while dismissing the value of public-sector contributions. This probusiness story about mobilization was a political success, not just during the war, but afterward, as it shaped reconversion policy and the transformation of the American military-industrial complex. Offering a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of the "arsenal of democracy," Destructive Creation also suggests how the struggle to define its heroes and villains has continued to shape economic and political development to the present day.

Author : Ross A. Kennedy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 923 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118445402

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A Companion to Woodrow Wilson by Ross A. Kennedy Pdf

A Companion to Woodrow Wilson presents a compilation of essays contributed by various scholars in the field that cover all aspects of the life and career of America’s 28th president. Represents the only current anthology of essays to introduce readers to the scholarship on all aspects of Wilson's life and career Offers a 'one stop' destination for anyone interested in understanding how the scholarship on Wilson has evolved and where it stands now