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Old Labor and American
New
Political
Immigrants
Development
in
Old Labor and New Immigrants American
Political
in
Development
Union, Party, and State, 1875-1920
GWENDOLYN MINK
Cornell University Press
ITHACA AND LONDON
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1986 by Cornell University
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Contents
Preface
9
The Political Side oe American Trade Unionism: Immigration, Organization, and THE Nationalization oe Labor Politics
Part
1.
2.
I.
American Politics, 1875-1920 Old Labor and New Immigrants: The Antagonism Labor
in
15
45
Part IT The Union-Party Tie 3.
Meat
vs.
Rice (and Pasta): Discovering Labor Politics
California, 4.
1875-85
Union, Class, and Party
Part
III.
in
71 in the
System of 1896
The AFL and the
Rise oe the Democratic State
5.
Building a Labor Establishment, 1900-1916
6.
The Decision of 1912: The
AFL
113
and the Democratic Party
161 in
204
the Progressive Era 7.
Forging Ties to the State, 1912-20
236
Afterword. Back to the Future
261
Selected Bibliography
269
Index
295
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