American railroad labor and the genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935

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Huibregtse, Jon R

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"American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. John Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of th...

"American historians tend to believe that labor activism was moribund in the years between the First World War and the New Deal. John Huibregtse challenges this perspective in his examination of the railroad unions of the time. Huibregtse demonstrates that not only were the railroad unions active, but that they also made a big difference in American labor practices by helping to set legal precedents."--BOOK JACKET.

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