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American Rubber Workers & Organized Labor, 1900-1941
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
American Rubber Workers & Organized Labor, 1900-1941
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Daniel Nelson
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:354 | Dimensions(mm): Height 279,Width 216 |
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Category/Genre | Industrialisation and industrial history Labour economics |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691633817
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Classifications | Dewey:678.2092 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
19 April 2016 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
In 1900 the manufacture of rubber products in the United States was concentrated in several hundred small plants around New York and Boston that employed low-paid immigrant workers with no intervention from unions. By the mid-1930s, thanks to the automobile and the Depression, production was concentrated in Ohio, the labor force was largely native
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