Ethnic and racial fragmentation: Toward a reinterpretation of a local labor movement

James R. Barrett

doi:10.1057/9781403979162_14

Ethnic and racial fragmentation: Toward a reinterpretation of a local labor movement

James R. Barrett

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Perhaps the most striking characteristic of early twentieth century American working-class history is the extreme diversity in experience. Racial, ethnic, and gender differences; labor market stratification; uneven economic and social development across geographic regions—all meant that various groups of workers experienced class in decidedly different ways. In fact, some historians would argue that this fragmented experience led to a sort of “unmaking” of the American working class in these years.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The African American Urban Experience
Subtitle of host publication	Perspectives from the Colonial Period to the Present
Editors	Joe W Trotter, Earl Lewis, Tera W Hunter
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	287-309
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	9781403979162
ISBN (Print)	9780312294649
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403979162_14
State	Published - Mar 17 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

labor movement
open shop
black worker
labor party
Cook County

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Social Sciences(all)

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