Unions, Radicals, and Democratic Presidents: Seeking Social Change in the Twentieth Century (Contributions in American History)

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1 The Labor Movement: Leader of Social Change or Just Another Interest Group?......Page 24
2 Children of the Left: Sharing Values Across the Generations......Page 38
3 When Henry Met Franklin......Page 66
4 \"I’m Fighting for Freedom\": Coleman Young, HUAC, and the Detroit \nAfrican American Community......Page 84
5 \"From the Top Down or from the Bottom Up?\" John F. Kennedy, \nExecutive Order 10988, and the Rise of Public Employee Unionism......Page 102
6 Jimmy Carter and the UAW: Failure of an Alliance......Page 140
7 Arkansas and the Defeat of Labor Law Reform in 1978 and 1994......Page 186
8 The Crisis of the Labor Movement in the United States and the Search for a New Vision in Domestic and Foreign Affairs......Page 216
9 Gore or Nader? Progressives, Radicals, Labor, and the 2000 Election......Page 234
Conclusion......Page 282
Bibliography......Page 286
A......Page 290
C......Page 291
D......Page 292
F......Page 293
I......Page 294
L......Page 295
N......Page 296
P......Page 297
S......Page 298
U......Page 299
Y......Page 300
Photo essay follows page 145......Page 170