| Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom Contributor(s): Clark, Daniel J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252042018 ISBN-13: 9780252042010 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
| Dewey: 331.881 |
| LCCN: 2018007677 |
| Series: Working Class in American History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the backbone of a thriving blue-collar middle class. It is also a myth. Daniel J. Clark began by interviewing dozens of former autoworkers in the Detroit area and found a different story--one of economic insecurity caused by frequent layoffs, unrealized contract provisions, and indispensable second jobs. Disruption in Detroit is a vivid portrait of workers and an industry that experienced anything but stable prosperity. As Clark reveals, the myths--whether of rising incomes or hard-nosed union bargaining success--came later. In the 1950s, ordinary autoworkers, union leaders, and auto company executives recognized that although jobs in their industry paid high wages, they were far from steady and often impossible to find. |
