Vernon L. Pedersen

The Communist Party on the American Waterfront

Revolution, Reform, and the Quest for Power

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Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the Marine Workers Industrial Union, which had a highly visible and influential impact among Depression-era American seamen. The author utilizes several collections at the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History to show the Party's primary goal of acquiring institutional power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9781498598019
• ISBN-10: 1498598013
• Artikelnr.: 57581008

Autorenporträt

Vernon L. Pedersen is a professor of history and the Head of the International Studies Department at the American University of Sharjah

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Radicals on the Waterfront Chapter Two: The Birth of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union Chapter Three: Rivalries and Divisions
Chapter Four: A Hamburg Difficulty Chapter Five: Eddy, Ralph and Jones
Chapter Six: The Baltimore Soviet Chapter Seven: On the Embarcadero Chapter
Eight: The Lessons of the San Francisco General Strike Chapter Nine: The
End of the MWIU Chapter Ten: The Strike of the SS California Chapter
Eleven: The Birth of the National Maritime Union