wyszukanych pozycji: 4
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Harry, Tom, and Father Rice: Accusation and Betrayal in America's Cold War
ISBN: 9780822959663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) John Hoerr tells the story of three men his uncle, Congressman Harry Davenport, union leader Tom Quinn, and Father Charles Owen Rice whose lives became intertwined during the anti-Communist witch hunts of the McCarthy Era. The story helps illuminate one of the more repressive periods in American history, when thousands of Americans guilty only of enlisting in leftist causes were caught up in dragnets cast by overzealous Communist hunters on behalf of the House Un-American Activities Committee and other bodies. Much has been written about well-known cultural figures (the Hollywood Ten), and... John Hoerr tells the story of three men his uncle, Congressman Harry Davenport, union leader Tom Quinn, and Father Charles Owen Rice whose lives be... |
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264,14 |
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We Can't Eat Prestige: The Women Who Organized Harvard
ISBN: 9781566399258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Counters the belief that women white-collar workers tend to reject unionization and accept a passive role in the workplace. This book takes the example of a women workers union involving Harvard's 3,600-member support staff which includes secretaries, library and laboratory assistants, dental hygienists, and accounting clerks.
Counters the belief that women white-collar workers tend to reject unionization and accept a passive role in the workplace. This book takes the exampl...
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112,14 |
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We Cant Eat Prestige
ISBN: 9781566395359 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) On the contrary, the women workers of Harvard University created a powerful and unique union - one that emphasizes their own values and priorities as working women and rejects unwanted aspects of traditional unionism. This book explodes the belief that women white-collar workers tend to reject unionization and accept a passive role in workplace.
On the contrary, the women workers of Harvard University created a powerful and unique union - one that emphasizes their own values and priorities as ...
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370,71 |
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And the Wolf Finally Came: The Decline of the American Steel Industry
ISBN: 9780822953982 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 690 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Choice 1988 Outstanding Academic Book A veteran reporter of American labor analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. John Hoerr s account of these events stretches from the industrywide barganing failures of 1982 to the crippling work stoppage at USX (U.S. Steel) in 1986-87. He interviewed scores of steelworkers, company managers at all levels, and union officials, and was present at many of the crucial events he describes. Using historical flashbacks to the origins of the steel... Choice 1988 Outstanding Academic Book A veteran reporter of American labor ana... |
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230,80 |