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Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lizabeth Cohen
SeriesCanto Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:566
Dimensions(mm): Height 215,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9781107431799
ClassificationsDewey:977.311042
Audience
General
Edition 2nd Revised edition
Illustrations 37 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 6 November 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book examines how it was possible and what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s. We follow Chicago workers as they make choices about whether to attend ethnic benefit society meetings or to go to the movies, whether to shop in local neighborhood stores or patronize the new A & P. As they made daily decisions like these, they declared their loyalty in ways that would ultimately have political significance. When the depression worsened in the 1930s, workers adopted new ideological perspectives and overcame longstanding divisions among themselves to mount new kinds of collective action. Chicago workers' experiences all converged to make them into New Deal Democrats and CIO unionists. First printed in 1990, Making a New Deal has become an established classic in American history. The second edition includes a new preface by Lizabeth Cohen.

Author Biography

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Reviews

Review of previous edition: 'At every step the argument is developed in a sophisticated way ... Making a New Deal constitutes a major achievement.' Julia Greene, Journal of American History