| Waterfront Revolts: New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61 Contributor(s): Davis, Colin J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252028783 ISBN-13: 9780252028786 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $43.56 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2003 Annotation: During the decade that followed the end of World War II, American and English dockworkers undertook a series of militant revolts against their employers, their governments, and even their union leaderships. In this in-depth comparative study. Colin J. Davis draws on a wide range of sources to explore the upheavals on both sides of the Atlantic. Davis examines the dynamics of work and work stoppage along the two pivotal waterfronts, showing how issues of race, organized crime, union affiliation, working conditions, and cold war politics shaped waterfront uprisings and the state's response to them. He explores other key differences between American and British labor, such as the cultural forces that led to the emergence of rank-and-file dockworkers' movements, degree of governmental oversight, methods of obtaining work, and specifics of ethnic and racial identification. Addressing questions of why dockworkers were such influential forces in the postwar industrial arena, Waterfront Revolts reveals how workers and trade unions directly influenced cold war politics, the economy, and culture--even across national borders. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.892 |
| LCCN: 2003007100 |
| Series: Working Class in American History (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.16" W x 9.46" (1.19 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the decade that followed World War II, American and British dockworkers undertook a series of militant revolts against their employers, their governments, and even their union leaderships. In this in-depth comparative study, Colin Davis explores the upheavals on both sides of the Atlantic. Davis examines the dynamics of work and work stoppage along the two pivotal waterfronts, showing how issues of race, organized crime, union affiliation, working conditions, and Cold War politics shaped waterfront uprisings and the state's response to them. He explores other key differences between American and British labor, such as the cultural forces that led to the emergence of rank-and-file dockworkers' movements, degree of governmental oversight, methods of obtaining work, and specifics of ethnic and racial identification. An eye-opening look at dockworker influence in postwar industry, Waterfront Revolts reveals how workers and trade unions directly influenced Cold War politics, the economy, and culture across national borders. |