Description: Further DetailsTitle: Disruption in DetroitCondition: NewDescription: It is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the backbone of a thriving blue-collar middle class. It is also a myth. Daniel J. Clark began by interviewing dozens of former autoworkers in the Detroit area and found a different story--one of economic insecurity caused by frequent layoffs, unrealized contract provisions, and indispensable second jobs. Disruption in Detroit is a vivid portrait of workers and an industry that experienced anything but stable prosperity. As Clark reveals, the myths--whether of rising incomes or hard-nosed union bargaining success--came later. In the 1950s, ordinary autoworkers, union leaders, and auto company executives recognized that although jobs in their industry paid high wages, they were far from steady and often impossible to find.Author: Daniel J. ClarkCountry/Region of Manufacture: USEAN: 9780252083709Format: PaperbackGenre: HistoryISBN: 9780252083709ISBN-10: 0252083709Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 340gItem Width: 23mmLanguage: EnglishPublisher: University of Illinois PressRelease Date: 09/14/2018Book Series: Working Class in American HistorySubtitle: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar BoomTopic: Technology & Engineering, Business & Finance, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Disruption in Detroit
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
EAN: 9780252083709
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780252083709
ISBN-10: 0252083709
Release Date: 09/14/2018
Release Year: 2018
Subtitle: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom
Title: Disruption in Detroit
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 266 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Disruption in Detroit : Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Subject: Industries / Automobile Industry, Labor & Industrial Relations, United States / 20th Century, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Economic Conditions, Labor
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Daniel J. Clark
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Series: Working Class in American History Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
