About this title: This book challenges the notion that American labor history is a history of defeated militant unionism. It argues that collective bargaining does not eliminate contests over shopfloor control.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521450058ISBN:0521450055
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780521629683ISBN:0521629683
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780521450058ISBN:0521450055
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0521450055. A clean, tight copy with light wear to the boards; no marks to the text; in a clean dust jacket with light edgwear and rubbing. A three-year ethnographic study of the International Longshoreman's and Warehouseman's Union's major longshore local in San Francisco. Argues that militant, democratic forms of unionism are possible in the United States. read more
Edition: 1st English Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780521450058ISBN:0521450055
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1997-08-28
ISBN-13:9780521629683ISBN:0521629683
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV PR
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780521629683ISBN:0521629683
Description: New. This book challenges the notion that American labor history is a history of defeated militant unionism. Focusing on the routine work practices and political culture of San Francisco's longshore union, it argues that collective bargaining does not eli... read more
Description: New. American labour history is typically interpreted as a history of defeat, accommodation, or incorporation. Challenging this notion, this book studies a union that organised itself to systematically and continuously challenge management'Äôs rule on the shopfloor. read more
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Description: Good. 0521450055 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521629683ISBN:0521629683
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"This is one of the best written books on any subject I have ever read. It is a masterful explanation of how, in a practical sense, a good union works. You can learn something here."
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