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Working-Class New York Life and Labor since World War II

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ISBN-10: 1565847121

ISBN-13: 9781565847125

Edition: Reprint 

Authors: Joshua B. Freeman

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Book details

List price: $25.95
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 9/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Chronology
Introduction: What Made New York Great
Proletarian City
A Non-Fordist City in the Age of Ford
Working-Class New York
Labor Days
The Rise of a Social Democratic Polity
The Cold War in New York
Labor's City
Big Labor
"A Decent Home"
"Adequate Medical Care"
"A Useful and Remunerative Job"
Goodbye Molly Goldberg
Strike City
Freedom Now
Municipal Unionism
"A Man by the Name of Albert Shanker"
Longhairs and Hardhats
The Fiscal Crisis
Trump City
Global Dreams and Neighborhood Realities
Hanging On
The Ghost of Class
Conclusion: New York and the Nation
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index