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1	The Union Makes Us Strong: Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront more books like this by David Wellman add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $5.16! new only from $28.35! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Harry Bridges; The Rise and Fall of Radical Labor in the United States more books like this by Charles P Larrowe add to wishlist see all copies from $4.54! first editions
3	The Portland longshoremen; a dispersed urban community more books like this by William W. Pilcher add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
4	The Longshoremen more books like this by Charles Brinton Barnes add to wishlist see all copies from $43.00! first editions
5	Working the Waterfront: The Ups and Downs of a Rebel Longshoreman more books like this by Gilbert Mers add to wishlist see all copies from $4.90! new only from $31.54! \| first editions
6	On the Waterfront: The Play more books like this by Budd Schulberg, Stan Silverman add to wishlist Here, adapted for the stage, is Budd SchulbergAIs classic story of the New York waterfront and the kid who coulda been a contender.O see all copies from $2.00! new only from $5.47! \| SVS
7	History of Work and Labour Relations in the Royal Dockyards more books like this by Ann Day (Editor), Kenneth Lunn (Editor) add to wishlist Focusing on the work and labour history of shipyard workers in the Royal Dockyards, this text examines the question of state employment and the specific characteristics of that pattern of industrial relations. It encompasses discussions of the nature of work and resistance to forms of authority. Particular forms of control are available to the ... see all copies from $9.76! new only from $110.43! \| first editions \| SVS
8	New Orleans Dockworkers: Race, Labor, and Unionism, 1892-1923 more books like this by Daniel Rosenberg add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.19! \| first editions
9	Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s more books like this by Bruce Nelson add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $32.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Waterfront Workers of New Orleans: Race, Class, and Politics, 1863-1923 more books like this by Eric Arnesen add to wishlist This is an account of the New Orleans dockworkers and their formation of an inter-racial labour movement from 1880 to 1894, and again from 1901 to 1923. After the Civil War, Louisiana had no social group that exercised a clear and sustained cultural and political hegemony over the others, and sharp conflicts over racial and class issues marked the ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $59.99! \| first editions
11	Reds or Rackets? more books like this by Howard Kimeldorf add to wishlist Why is the American working class different? For generations, scholars and activists alike have wrestled with this question, with an eye to explaining why workers in the United States are not more like their radicalized European counterparts. Approaching the question from a different angle, "Reds or Rackets?" provides a fascinating examination of ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Waterfront Blues: Labour Strife at the Port of Montreal, 1960-1978 more books like this by Alexander C Pathy, Marianne Dufour, Curtis Fahey add to wishlist see all copies from $10.44! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
13	British Capital Antipodean Labour: Working the New Zealand Waterfront 1915-1951 more books like this by Anna Green add to wishlist This book is about work on the New Zealand waterfront in the first half of the twentieth century. With a small domestic market, the country depended for its wealth on trade with the rest of the world. That trade relied on the carriage of goods by sea and so the ports played a vital role in the nation's economy, and in the nation's labour relations ... see all copies from $13.66! new only from $19.98! \| first editions
14 view cover	Dock Workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History, 1790-1970 more books like this by Sam Davies add to wishlist Workers who loaded and unloaded ships have formed a distinctive occupational group over the past two centuries. As trade expanded so the numbers of dock labourers increased and became concentrated in the major ports of the world. This two-volume project aims to go beyond existing individual studies of dock workers to develop a genuinely ... see all copies from $3.18! new only from $126.33!
15 view cover	Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia more books like this by Peter Cole add to wishlist The rise and fall of America's first truly interracial labor union For almost a decade during the 1910s and 1920s, the Philadelphia waterfront was home to the most durable interracial, multiethnic union seen in the United States prior to the CIO era. For much of its time, Local 8 was majority black, always with a cadre of black leaders. The union ... see all copies from $27.08! new only from $31.00!
16 view cover	Waterfront Workers: New Perspectives on Race and Class more books like this by Calvin Winslow (Editor) add to wishlist Few work settings can compete with the waterfront for a long, rich history of multi-ethnic and multiracial interaction. Here, five scholars focus on the complex relationships involved in this intersection of race, class, and ethnicity. "Opens up some of the most significant questions in American labor and social history.--David Brundage, THE ... see all copies from $15.54! new only from $15.54!
17	Stevedores and Dockers: A Study of Trade Unionism in the Port of London, 1870-1914 more books like this by John Christopher Lovell add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! first editions
18	The restless waterfront more books like this by James Gaby add to wishlist see all copies from $12.55! signed copies \| first editions
19	Reds or Rackets?: The Making of Radical and Conservative Unions on the Waterfront more books like this by Howard Kimeldorf add to wishlist Why is the American working class different? For generations, scholars and activists alike have wrestled with this question, with an eye to explaining why workers in the United States are not more like their radicalized European counterparts. Approaching the question from a different angle, "Reds or Rackets?" provides a fascinating examination of ... see all copies from $11.24! signed copies \| first editions
20	The Dockers: Class and Tradition in London more books like this by Stephen Hill add to wishlist see all copies from $22.11! first editions
21	The kid from Hoboken : an autobiography more books like this by Bill Bailey, Lynn Damme add to wishlist see all copies from $23.95! signed copies \| first editions
22	A History of Seattle Waterfront Workers, 1884-1934 more books like this by Ronald E. Magden, David Vigil (Designed by) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.69! first editions
23	Decasualization and Modernization of Dock Work in London, more books like this by Vernon H. Jensen add to wishlist see all copies from $16.00!
24	Maritime Solidarity: Pacific Coast Unionism, 1929-1938 more books like this by Ottilie Markholt add to wishlist see all copies from $49.77! new only from $66.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Shape-Up and Hiring Hall: A Comparison of Hiring Methods and Labor Relations on the New York and Seattle Waterfronts more books like this by Charles P Larrowe add to wishlist see all copies from $4.31! first editions

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