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1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations. |
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The publication of this volume in a freely accessible digital format has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation through their Humanities Open Book Program. |
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Originally published: New York : Adama Books, c1984. |
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Professional and scholarly. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 ́⁰₄ 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. |
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Labor unions -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History.
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Working class -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History.
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Elsila, David author
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Revitte, John author
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Alpern, Ron author
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Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections
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Reproduction of (manifestation): Babson, Steve. Working Detroit :the making of a union town /Steve Babson with Ron Alpern, Dave Elsila, and John Revitte. Detroit :Wayne State University Press,1986, c1984. 0814318185 (OCoLC)13330640 |
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0814345093 |
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9780814345092 |
| UPC # |
9780814345092 |
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1014181321 |
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