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Divided we stand : American workers and the struggle for Black equality, Bruce Nelson

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Summary
  • "Divided We Stand is a study of how class and race have intersected in American society - above all, in the "making" and remaking of the American working class in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focusing mainly on longshoremen in the ports of New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and on steelworkers in many of the nation's steel towns, it examines how European immigrants became American and "white" in the crucible of the industrial workplace and the ethnic working-class neighborhood."
  • "Divided We Stand includes vivid examples of white working-class "agency" in the construction of racially discriminatory employment structures. But Nelson is less concerned with racism as such, than with the concrete historical circumstances in which racialized class identities emerged and developed. This leads him to a detailed and often fascinating consideration of white working-class ethnicity, but also to a careful analysis of black workers - their conditions of work, their aspirations and identities, their struggles for equality. Making its case with passion and clarity, Divided We Stand will be a compelling and controversial book."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xliv, 388 pages)
Contents
  • Introduction: "Something in the 'atmosphere' of America"
  • pt. 1. Longshoremen
  • The logic and limits of solidarity, 1850s-1920s
  • New York: "They ... helped to create themselves out of what they found around them"
  • Waterfront unionism and "race solidarity": from the Crescent City to the City of Angels
  • pt. 2. Steelworkers
  • Ethnicity and race in steel's nonunion era
  • "Regardless of creed, color, or nationality": steelworkers and civil rights (I)
  • "We are determined to secure justice now": steelworkers and civil rights (II)
  • "The steel was hot, the jobs were dirty, and it was war": class, race, and working-class agency in Youngstown
  • Epilogue: "Other energies, other dreams": toward a new labor movement
Isbn
9780691227429
Instance
Label
Divided we stand : American workers and the struggle for Black equality
Title
Divided we stand
Title remainder
American workers and the struggle for Black equality
Statement of responsibility
Bruce Nelson
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "Divided We Stand is a study of how class and race have intersected in American society - above all, in the "making" and remaking of the American working class in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focusing mainly on longshoremen in the ports of New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and on steelworkers in many of the nation's steel towns, it examines how European immigrants became American and "white" in the crucible of the industrial workplace and the ethnic working-class neighborhood."
  • "Divided We Stand includes vivid examples of white working-class "agency" in the construction of racially discriminatory employment structures. But Nelson is less concerned with racism as such, than with the concrete historical circumstances in which racialized class identities emerged and developed. This leads him to a detailed and often fascinating consideration of white working-class ethnicity, but also to a careful analysis of black workers - their conditions of work, their aspirations and identities, their struggles for equality. Making its case with passion and clarity, Divided We Stand will be a compelling and controversial book."--Jacket
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JSTOR
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1940-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Nelson, Bruce
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Politics and society in twentieth-century America
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African Americans
  • Minorities
  • Foreign workers
  • Discrimination in employment
  • Race discrimination
  • African American iron and steel workers
  • African American stevedores
  • Noirs américains
  • Minorités
  • Travailleurs étrangers
  • Discrimination dans l'emploi
  • Discrimination raciale
  • Travailleurs du fer et de l'acier noirs américains
  • Débardeurs noirs américains
  • 71.62 ethnic relations (sociology)
  • 85.63 industrial relations
  • African American iron and steel workers
  • African American stevedores
  • African Americans
  • Discrimination in employment
  • Foreign workers
  • Minorities
  • Race discrimination
  • United States
  • Arbeitsmarktpolitik
  • Schwarze
  • USA
  • Rassendiskriminierung
  • Beschäftigung
  • Gewerkschaft
  • Vakverenigingen
  • Rassendiscriminatie
  • African Americans
  • Minorities
  • Foreign workers
  • Discrimination in employment
  • Race discrimination
  • African American iron and steel workers
  • African American stevedores
  • Industrie sidérurgique
  • Dockers
  • Noirs américains
  • Noirs américains
  • Minorités
  • Discrimination dans l'emploi
  • Travailleurs étrangers
  • Discrimination raciale
  • USA
  • Schwarze
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Label
Divided we stand : American workers and the struggle for Black equality, Bruce Nelson
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: "Something in the 'atmosphere' of America" -- pt. 1. Longshoremen -- The logic and limits of solidarity, 1850s-1920s -- New York: "They ... helped to create themselves out of what they found around them" -- Waterfront unionism and "race solidarity": from the Crescent City to the City of Angels -- pt. 2. Steelworkers -- Ethnicity and race in steel's nonunion era -- "Regardless of creed, color, or nationality": steelworkers and civil rights (I) -- "We are determined to secure justice now": steelworkers and civil rights (II) -- "The steel was hot, the jobs were dirty, and it was war": class, race, and working-class agency in Youngstown -- Epilogue: "Other energies, other dreams": toward a new labor movement
Control code
on1241255995
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xliv, 388 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780691227429
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Note
JSTOR
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctv1dd1jtp
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1241255995
Label
Divided we stand : American workers and the struggle for Black equality, Bruce Nelson
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: "Something in the 'atmosphere' of America" -- pt. 1. Longshoremen -- The logic and limits of solidarity, 1850s-1920s -- New York: "They ... helped to create themselves out of what they found around them" -- Waterfront unionism and "race solidarity": from the Crescent City to the City of Angels -- pt. 2. Steelworkers -- Ethnicity and race in steel's nonunion era -- "Regardless of creed, color, or nationality": steelworkers and civil rights (I) -- "We are determined to secure justice now": steelworkers and civil rights (II) -- "The steel was hot, the jobs were dirty, and it was war": class, race, and working-class agency in Youngstown -- Epilogue: "Other energies, other dreams": toward a new labor movement
Control code
on1241255995
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xliv, 388 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780691227429
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Note
JSTOR
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctv1dd1jtp
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1241255995

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