Overview
Usually the defeat of one union official by another would not occasion great interest by historians. The highly charged atmosphere after World War II and at the beginning of the cold war however led to a strongly disputed election which left Walter Reuther the new president of the UAW. The opinions as to why Reuther unseated the incumbents are many and varied. Dr. Goode goes into these in depth in his interesting and well documented work dealing with this watershed event in American Unionism. The research for the work has been done with the aid of union archives, published material, and oral history from some of the participants in the event.
Full Product Details
Author: Bill Goode
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume: No. 44.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.435kg
ISBN: 9780313289040
ISBN 10: 0313289042
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 21 July 1994
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
?Goode writes this absorbing history from the perspective of a participant and a scholar. This tale of factional infighting draws upon such an impressive array of research and personal experiences that Goode is able to lend to his topic an immediacy and intimacy not often seen in historical research. No doubt this carefully crafted and well-argued book will be controversial; it belongs in every labor history collection.?-Choice
?Goode writes this absorbing history from the perspective of a participant and a scholar. This tale of factional infighting draws upon such an impressive array of research and personal experiences that Goode is able to lend to his topic an immediacy and intimacy not often seen in historical research. No doubt this carefully crafted and well-argued book will be controversial; it belongs in every labor history collection.?-Choice Goode writes this absorbing history from the perspective of a participant and a scholar. This tale of factional infighting draws upon such an impressive array of research and personal experiences that Goode is able to lend to his topic an immediacy and intimacy not often seen in historical research. No doubt this carefully crafted and well-argued book will be controversial; it belongs in every labor history collection. -Choice
Author Information
BILL GOODE is retired from Empire State College, where he was an Associate Professor of Labor Studies and former Dean of the Center for Labor Studies. He has been the Director of Educational Activities for UAW, the Director of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Labor Institute, and has been associated with other labor and civil rights groups.
