"With keen insight and a deep appreciation of the politics of film noir, Broe has broken new ground in the interpretation of cinema itself. With this book film noir has found its most astute and informed critic."--Gerald Horne, author of The Final Victim of the Blacklist: John Howard Lawson, Dean of the Hollywood Ten
"Reminds the reader that class, while often submerged, was important to postwar American society and culture. The classic noir films of the period provided a vivid commentary on class in America."--Richard Greenwald, Drew University
Film noir, which...
"With keen insight and a deep appreciation of the politics of film noir, Broe has broken new ground in the interpretation of cinema itself. With th...
"Makes a formidable contribution to U.S. immigration history by addressing historical and contemporary debates about national identity and the place of immigrants within American society."--Brian Gratton, Arizona State University
"Deepens and clarifies our understanding of this understudied but very important social movement by comparing and contrasting those Americanization efforts aimed at protecting immigrants with those more coercive educational programs which we have previously thought to encompass the entire movement."--John F. McClymer, Assumption College
In the first...
"Makes a formidable contribution to U.S. immigration history by addressing historical and contemporary debates about national identity and the plac...
"Not only a fine collection on Florida itself, but also a model of what edited state histories of labor might look like in the future. It is as multiracial (also moving well beyond black and white) and almost as gendered as the experiences of workers themselves. It refuses to separate the histories of slavery and of free labor. Finally it is at times impressively interdisciplinary without any lapses into disciplinary jargon."--David R. Roediger, University of Illinois Florida provides a unique opportunity to explore the history of working men and women within a constantly changing...
"Not only a fine collection on Florida itself, but also a model of what edited state histories of labor might look like in the future. It is as multir...
"Traces the rise of the Irish-American immigrant community in Portland, Maine, through its control of waterfront labor over eight decades before the port s twentieth century decline. The book is a valuable contribution to local labor history that situates its subject within the broader picture of U.S. history during a crucial period in the formation of the nation's economic and social identity."--Lincoln P. Paine, author of Down East "Vividly reveals how America's maritime culture has declined over a very short period of time."--Gene Allen Smith, coeditor, New Perspectives on...
"Traces the rise of the Irish-American immigrant community in Portland, Maine, through its control of waterfront labor over eight decades before the p...
"Gauges and measures how railroad labor unions emerged from the World War I experience stronger and more vitally interested in improving their members' lives. Captures how well the railroad unions embarked on a path of reforming retirement systems and social security."--Colin J. Davis, University of Alabama, Birmingham
"Makes an interesting argument that the leadership of the railroad unions, primarily the operating crafts, were leaders in the development of labor law and social policy that predates the founding of the CIO."--Mark A. Crouch, labor educator
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"Gauges and measures how railroad labor unions emerged from the World War I experience stronger and more vitally interested in improving their memb...
In the late nineteenth century, many Central American governments and countries sought to fill low-paying jobs and develop their economies by recruiting black American and West Indian laborers. Frederick Opie offers a revisionist interpretation of these workers, who were often depicted as simple victims with little, if any, enduring legacy.
The Guatemalan government sought to build an extensive railroad system in the 1880s, and actively recruited foreign labor. For poor workers of African descent, immigrating to Guatemala was seen as an opportunity to improve their lives and escape...
In the late nineteenth century, many Central American governments and countries sought to fill low-paying jobs and develop their economies by recru...
Koistinen puts the political back in political economy in this fascinating account of New England s twentieth-century industrial erosion. First-rate research and sound judgments make this study essential reading. Philip Scranton, Rutgers University Camden
Well-organized and clearly written, Confronting Decline looks at one community to understand a process that has become truly national. David Stebenne, Ohio State University
Koistinen s important book makes clear that many industrial cities and regions began to decline as early as the 1920s. Alan Brinkley, Columbia...
Koistinen puts the political back in political economy in this fascinating account of New England s twentieth-century industrial erosion. First-ra...
"Koistinen puts the 'political' back in political economy in this fascinating account of New England's twentieth-century industrial erosion. First-rate research and sound judgments make this study essential reading."--Philip Scranton, Rutgers University-Camden
"Well-organized and clearly written, Confronting Decline looks at one community to understand a process that has become truly national."--David Stebenne, Ohio State University
"Koistinen's important book makes clear that many industrial cities and regions began to decline as early as the 1920s."--Alan Brinkley,...
"Koistinen puts the 'political' back in political economy in this fascinating account of New England's twentieth-century industrial erosion. First-...
