Republicans and Labor (eBook)

1919–1929

Robert H. Zieger (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
320 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-8674-0 (ISBN)

Infos

At no other time in American history had labor unrest been more evident than the period immediately after World War I. Robert H. Zeiger here recounts the labor problems that faced the Republican administrations of Presidents Harding and Coolidgemassive strikes, antiracial hysteria, and the hardening of class attitudes throughout the nation and describes the programs and policies of Republican leadersparticularly those of Herbert Hooverto solve them. Zeiger finds that while suspicion and animosity between the Republicans and the union leaders persisted, the rising prosperity of the nation, together with the adroit efforts of Hoover and his associates, tended to lessen the influence of extremists in both groups. Labor reached an accommodation of sorts with the Coolidge administration; and when, in 1928, Hoover defeated Al Smith, the substantial labor vote he received was among the factors that lent stature to his victory.

Autor

Robert H. Zeiger is associate professor of history at Wisconsin State University at Stevens Point.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.10.2021
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: 1920s • Coolidge • Harding • Hoover • Labor • post-World War 1 • Republican Party • Union • unrest
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-8674-9 / 0813186749
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-8674-0 / 9780813186740