CIO, 1935-1955

Name: CIO, 1935-1955
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ISBN: 9780807846308

ISBN-10: 0807846309

ISBN-13: 9780807846308

Edition: 1997

Authors: Robert H. Zieger

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The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) encompassed the largest sustained surge of worker organization in American history. Robert Zieger charts the rise of this industrial union movement, from the founding of the CIO by John L. Lewis in 1935 to its merger under Walter Reuther with the American Federation of Labor in 1955. Exploring themes of race and gender, Zieger combines the institutional history of the CIO with vivid depictions of working-class life in this critical period. Zieger details the ideological conflicts that racked the CIO even as its leaders strove to establish a labor presence at the heart of the U.S. economic system. Stressing the efforts of industrial unionists…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/26/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Robert H. Zieger is the author of several books, including the award winning "CIO 1935-1955". He is professor of history at the University of Florida. Zieger lives in Gainesville.



Preface


Abbreviations


Introduction The Fragile Juggernaut



Before the Cio



Founding the Cio, 1935-1936


Over the Top, 1936-1937



The Diverse Arenas of the Cio, 1936-1938






1941, Year of Decision



World War II



After the War









The Postwar Cio



The Final Years of the Late, Great Cio



Merger and Beyond


Conclusion


Notes


Index