Working Detroit: The Making of a Union Town - Softcover

Steve Babson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814318193 ISBN 13: 9780814318195

Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr, 1986

Synopsis

Babson recounts Detroit's odyssey from a bulwark of the "open shop" to the nation's foremost "union town." Through words and pictures, Working Detroit documents the events in the city's ongoing struggle to build an industrial society that is both prosperous and humane.

Babson begins his account in 1848 when Detroit has just entered the industrial era. He weaves the broader historical realties, such as Red Scare, World War, and economic depression into his account, tracing the ebb and flow of the working class activity and organization in Detroit - from the rise of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor in the 19th century, through the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the sitdown strike of the 1930s, to the civil rights and women's movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The book concludes with an examination of the present day crisis facing the labor movement.

About this title

Book Description:

Working Detroit documents the events in the city's ongoing struggle to build an industrial society that is both prosperous and humane.

About the Author:

Steve Babson, a freelance writer and labor educator, was instrumental in organizing the Detroit Labor History Tour Project. He is currently a doctoral candidate in history at Wayne State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0814318193
• ISBN 13: 9780814318195
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252