Law and the shaping of the American labor movement /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
William E. Forbath.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, Mass. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Harvard University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1991.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 211 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Broad Contexts -- Recasting American “Exceptionalism� -- The State of Courts and Parties -- 2. Judicial Review in Labor's Political Culture -- Samuel Gompers and In re Jacobs -- Hours Laws in Illinois -- Hours Laws in Colorado -- Pressed toward a Minimalist Politics -- 3. Government by Injunction -- The Origins and Dimensions of Government by Injunction -- The Origins of Government by Injunction in Railway Strikes -- The Rise and Repression of City-Wide Boycotts -- 4. Semi-Outlawry
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The Usurpation of Local PolitiesCourts and the Uses of Police, Guards and Troops -- Labor's Resort to Injunctions -- 5. The Language of the Law and the Remaking of Labor's Rights Consciousness -- “Labor's Whole Gospel Is Liberty of Contract� -- Labor's Constitution -- A Great Popular Defiance -- Anti-Injunction Laws before Norris-LaGuardia -- The Norris-LaGuardia Act -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Labor Legislation in the Courts, 1885�1930 -- Appendix B: Approximating the Numbers of Labor Injunctions and Their Relation to Other Strike Statistics, 1880�1930
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Title
Law and the shaping of the American labor movement.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Labor disputes-- United States-- History.
Labor laws and legislation-- United States-- History.
Labor unions-- Political activity-- United States-- History.
Working class-- Political activity-- United States-- History.
Syndicats-- États-Unis-- Activité politique-- Histoire.
Travail-- Conflits-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
Travail-- Droit-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
Travailleurs-- États-Unis-- Activité politique-- Histoire.
Arbeidsrecht.
Arbeiterbewegung
Geschichte
Gesetzgebung
Gewerkschaft
Labor disputes.
Labor laws and legislation.
Labor unions-- Political activity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Advocacy.