MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01866cam a22003134a 4500
001 2011030523
003 DLC
005 20111118153158.0
008 110721s2011 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011030523
020 $a9780786464876 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786464879 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn732960072
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042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHD8076$b.E48 2011
082 00 $a322/.20973$223
100 1 $aElteren, Mel van.
245 10 $aLabor and the American left :$ban analytical history /$cMel van Elteren.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2011.
300 $aix, 249 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"This book explores relations between organized labor and left-wing parties and movements in America at crucial junctures from the 1870s to the present. Providing fresh insight into current political developments, it highlights emerging alternatives and major challenges facing labor and the left today"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $aThe U.S. political system and institutional constraints on labor-based politics -- Organized labor, socialist parties, and early efforts to establish a labor party -- Labor and the left during the New Deal and the onset of the Cold War -- Corporate assaults on the labor left and the limits of post-war liberalism -- Labor renewal and the issues of immigration, globalized production and erosion of workers' rights -- The legacy of U.S. labor politics and challenges facing the left.
650 0 $aLabor unions$xPolitical activity$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocialist parties$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aLabor unions and socialism$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.