Pure and simple politics : the American Federation of Labor and political activism, 1881-1917
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) developed a distinctive and influential approach to political action. Rather than creating an independent party of American workers, akin to the British Labour Party or the German Social Democratic Part...
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oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-346052014-01-20T03:33:51Z Pure and simple politics : the American Federation of Labor and political activism, 1881-1917 Greene, Julie Politics American During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) developed a distinctive and influential approach to political action. Rather than creating an independent party of American workers, akin to the British Labour Party or the German Social Democratic Party, AFL members and leaders struggled to find another route to political effectiveness. Along the way, they experimented with diverse political strategies, committing vast resources and generating passionate debates. Acknowledgments page ix Introduction 1 part one: The Rise of Pure and Simple Politics 17 1 Building the Federation 19 The Social Roots of the AFL 20 Preserving the Trade Unions 27 Gompers and the Triumph of Conservative Unionism 36 2 The Revolt Against Party Slavery 48 The Problem of Working-Class Politics 49 The Birth of “Pure and Simple” Politics 55 Gompers’s Political Vision 64 3 Labor’s New Century 71 The Federation’s Political Agenda 73 The Open-Shop Drive 88 Lobbying and Class Conflict 93 Beyond Lobbying 97 part two: The Strike at the Ballot Box 105 4 A Popular Uprising of Honest Men 107 Labor’s Program 108 Resources at the Top 112 Tactics at the Bottom 118 Political Conflict in the AFL 131 5 Delivering the Labor Vote 142 Partisan Culture and the Working Class 143 The Birth of Labor’s Democracy 152 Shall the People Rule? 162 Prosperity Politics 170 vii6 Party Politics and Workers’ Discontent 181 Workers and the Campaign 182 The Local Face of Labor Politics 196 Workers Deliver Their Votes 210 part three: The Retreat from Popular Politics 215 7 Quiet Campaigns 217 Rebellion Within and Without 217 Labor’s Elite Politics 225 The Changing Terrain of American Politics 231 8 The Making of Labor’s Democracy 242 AFL Politics and the New Democratic Order 243 Recasting American Labor Politics 249 Workers and the 1916 Presidential Campaign 259 Conclusion 274 Index 287 2013-07-15T01:51:19Z 2013-07-15T01:51:19Z 1998 Book 9780511009198 http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/34605 en application/pdf Cambridge University |
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