Bloodless victories : the rise and fall of the open shop in the Philadelphia metal trades, 1890-1940 /

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Author / Creator: Harris, Howell John, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Retention:Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials
Table of Contents:
  • Figures and tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The iron masters
  • 3. Laying the foundations: peace and war in the metal trades, c. 1890-1904
  • 4. Combat, crisis, and consolidation, 1904-1915
  • 5. 'The largest, strongest, and most valuable association of metal manufacturers in any city'
  • 6. Riding the storm, 1915-1918
  • 7. The war after the war, 1918-1923
  • 8. Pacific passage: quaker employers and welfare capitalism, c. 1905-1924
  • 9. A liberal interlude: the modernization of the MMA, c. 1924-1931
  • 10. The deluge: the Great Depression and the end of the open shop
  • 11. The New World: accommodation and adjustment, 1936-1939
  • 12. Afterword: 'We'll still be there. We're not going away'
  • Appendix
  • Index