Frontiers of Labor: Comparative Histories of the United States and Australia (Volume 1) (Working Class in American History) - Softcover

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9780252083457: Frontiers of Labor: Comparative Histories of the United States and Australia (Volume 1) (Working Class in American History)
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ISBN 10: 0252083458 ISBN 13: 9780252083457
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2018

Synopsis

Alike in many aspects of their histories, Australia and the United States diverge in striking ways when it comes to their working classes, labor relations, and politics.

Greg Patmore and Shelton Stromquist curate innovative essays that use transnational and comparative analysis to explore the two nations’ differences. The contributors examine five major areas: World War I’s impact on labor and socialist movements; the history of coerced labor; patterns of ethnic and class identification; forms of working-class collective action; and the struggles related to trade union democracy and independent working-class politics. Throughout, many essays highlight how hard-won transnational ties allowed Australians and Americans to influence each other’s trade union and political cultures.

Contributors: Robin Archer, Nikola Balnave, James R. Barrett, Bradley Bowden, Verity Burgmann, Robert Cherny, Peter Clayworth, Tom Goyens, Dianne Hall, Benjamin Huf, Jennie Jeppesen, Marjorie A. Jerrard, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Diane Kirkby, Elizabeth Malcolm, Patrick O’Leary, Greg Patmore, Scott Stephenson, Peta Stevenson-Clarke, Shelton Stromquist, and Nathan Wise

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About the Author

Greg Patmore is emeritus professor of business and labour history and chair of the Business and Labour History Group and Co-operative Research Group in the School of Business at the University of Sydney. His books include Worker Voice: Employee Representation in the Workplace in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK, and the US, 1914–1939. Shelton Stromquist is professor emeritus of history at the University of Iowa. He is the author of a number of books including Reinventing""'the People"": The Progressive Movement, the Class Problem, and the Origins of Modern Liberalism.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252083458
ISBN 13 
9780252083457
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
394
Editor
Patmore Greg, Stromquist Shelton

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