Steelworkers in America
The Nonunion Era
The classic study of workers in a foundational industry
Paper – $25
978-0-252-06713-6
Publication Date
Paperback: 10/01/1998
About the Book
One of the seminal books in the new labor history, David Brody's watershed study marked a critical shift from the study of unions to the study of workers. Brody explains why pre-WWI steelworkers acquiesced to the oppressive terms of work and then in 1919 rebelled and mounted the greatest strike for recognition in US history. Brody's analysis broke new ground in merging labor history with explorations of ethnicity, community, ideology, politics, and workplace. He also offered a pioneering study of management control that documented steel magnates' reliance on repression, paternalism, and ultimately state power to put down their employees' demand for a collective voice.Recognized as a classic since its original publication, Steelworkers in America now include a symposium in which seven prominent historians discuss the book's significance and place in the study of labor.
About the Author
David Brody is a professor emeritus of history at the University of California-Davis. His books include Labor Embattled: History, Power, Rights and In Labor's Cause: Main Themes on the History of the American Worker.Also by this author
Reviews
"Steelworkers in America has emerged and remained one of the few genuinely classic works of U.S. labor history—one of the axiomatic starting points for any understanding of the new labor history."—Roy Rosenzweig, coauthor of The Park and the People: A History of Central Park
"The vision of Steelworkers has survived these thirty years and continues to inspire new work in labor history."
—Lizabeth Cohen, author of Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939
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