Disruption in Detroit : Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom, Hardcover b...

Description: Disruption in Detroit : Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom, Hardcover by Clark, Daniel J., ISBN 0252042018, ISBN-13 9780252042010, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

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.

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Book Title: Disruption in Detroit : Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom

Number of Pages: 266 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Disruption in Detroit : Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Item Height: 0.9 in

Subject: Industries / Automobile Industry, Labor & Industrial Relations, United States / 20th Century, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Economic Conditions, Labor

Publication Year: 2018

Item Weight: 12 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History

Author: Daniel J. Clark

Item Length: 9 in

Series: Working Class in American History Ser.

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Hardcover