Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881–1917Cambridge University Press, 28. juni 1998 Scholarship on American labor politics has been dominated by the view that the American Federation of Labor, the dominant labor organization, rejected political action in favor of economic strategies. Based upon extensive research into labor and political party records, this study demonstrates that, despite the common belief, the AFL devoted great attention to political activity. The organization's main strategy, however, which Julie Greene terms 'pure and simple politics', dictated that trade unionists alone should shape American labor politics. Exploring the period from 1881 to 1917, Pure and Simple Politics focuses on the quandaries this approach generated for American trade unionists. Politics for AFL members became a highly contested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy which many rank-and-file workers rejected. Furthermore, its drive to achieve political efficacy increasingly exposed the AFL to forces beyond its control, as party politicians and other individuals began seeking to influence labor's political strategy and tactics. |
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... example, has served this project as a voice of influence and inspiration for several years. As the pro- ject's official reader at Cambridge University Press, Shel understood the book I wanted to write and helped me achieve it. At ...
... example, has served this project as a voice of influence and inspiration for several years. As the pro- ject's official reader at Cambridge University Press, Shel understood the book I wanted to write and helped me achieve it. At ...
Side 3
... example, that “Pure and simple unionism scorned social reform for the here and now, and sought to better con- ditions in the workplace within the framework of the existing order.” Norman Ware, on the other hand, an early historian of ...
... example, that “Pure and simple unionism scorned social reform for the here and now, and sought to better con- ditions in the workplace within the framework of the existing order.” Norman Ware, on the other hand, an early historian of ...
Side 4
... example, the dominant school of political historiography argued that ethnic, cultural, and religious factors deter- mined citizens' voting behavior in the years between 1870 and 1910, and thus that class was not a significant factor.7 ...
... example, the dominant school of political historiography argued that ethnic, cultural, and religious factors deter- mined citizens' voting behavior in the years between 1870 and 1910, and thus that class was not a significant factor.7 ...
Side 9
... example and summary of the growing literature on labor politics is David Brody's essay “The Course of American Labor Politics,” in idem, In Labor's Cause: Main Themes on the History of the American Worker (New York: Oxford University ...
... example and summary of the growing literature on labor politics is David Brody's essay “The Course of American Labor Politics,” in idem, In Labor's Cause: Main Themes on the History of the American Worker (New York: Oxford University ...
Side 10
... example of immigration's subordinate position in the AFL's political universe, one might consult “Labor's Protest to Congress,” American Federationist (hereafter cited as AF), 15 (4), April 1908, 261–6, the document generated by the AFL ...
... example of immigration's subordinate position in the AFL's political universe, one might consult “Labor's Protest to Congress,” American Federationist (hereafter cited as AF), 15 (4), April 1908, 261–6, the document generated by the AFL ...
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PART TWO The Strike at the Ballot Box | 105 |
PART THREE The Retreat from Popular Politics | 215 |
Index | 287 |
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