Awards

• Winner of <DIV>Winner of <I>Labor History's</I> Prize for the best book on labor history, 2010.</DIV> 2010

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Author:   David Witwer
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9780252076664

ISBN 10:   0252076664
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 March 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments   vi Introduction: ""Peglerized""   1 1. The Columnist: A Crusading Jouranlist   15 2. The Outfit: Organized Crime and Labor Racketeering   37 3. Browne, Bioff, and Scalise: The Dynamics of Union Corruption   59 4. The Hollywood Case: Racketeering in the 1930s from a Business Perspective   83 5. Union Members and Corruption: Exploitation and Disillusionment   103 6. Union Members and Corruption: The Potential for Reform   119 7. The Newsmen: ""Molders of Public Opinion""   147 8. The Scandal's Political Impact: Pegler and Antiunionism   175 9. ""Labor Must Clean House"": The Challenge of Responding to Pegler   205 Conclusion: Opportunities Lost and Opportunities Taken   233 Notes   255 Index   319"

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An engaging and illuminating work on a crucial episode in the development of the image of organized labor in the U.S. --EH.Net

Through creative use of FBI and court records, Witwer carefully peels open the intricate layers of several high profile labor scandals that Westbrook Pegler exposed in the World War II era, exploring how organized crime came to control two important unions. Well conceived and judiciously argued. Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, author of Waves of Opposition: Labor and the Struggle for Democratic Radio

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David Witwer is a professor of American studies at Penn State Harrisburg and author of Corruption and Reform in the Teamster’s Union.

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