Republicans and Labor

1919-1929

Robert H. Zieger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2014
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-5540-1 (ISBN)

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At no other time in American history had labor unrest been more evident than the period immediately after World War I. Robert H. Zeiger here recounts the labor problems that faced the Republican administrations of Presidents Harding and Coolidge -- massive strikes, antiracial hysteria, and the hardening of class attitudes throughout the nation -- and describes the programs and policies of Republican leaders -- particularly those of Herbert Hoover -- to solve them. Zeiger finds that while suspicion and animosity between the Republicans and the union leaders persisted, the rising prosperity of the nation, together with the adroit efforts of Hoover and his associates, tended to lessen the influence of extremists in both groups. Labor reached an accommodation of sorts with the Coolidge administration; and when, in 1928, Hoover defeated Al Smith, the substantial labor vote he received was among the factors that lent stature to his victory.

Robert H. Zeiger is associate professor of history at Wisconsin State University at Stevens Point.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.7.2014
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	133 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-8131-5540-1 / 0813155401
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-5540-1 / 9780813155401
Zustand	Neuware