David Witwer

Shadow of the Racketeer

Scandal in Organized Labor

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Produktbeschreibung

A detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it

Produktdetails

• Working Class in American History
• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 236mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780252034176
• ISBN-10: 0252034171
• Artikelnr.: 25901610

Autorenporträt

David Witwer is a professor of American studies at Penn State Harrisburg and author of Corruption and Reform in the Teamster’s Union.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments   vi
Introduction: "Peglerized"   1
1. The Columnist: A Crusading Jouranlist   15
2. The Outfit: Organized Crime and Labor Racketeering   37
3. Browne, Bioff, and Scalise: The Dynamics of Union Corruption   59
4. The Hollywood Case: Racketeering in the 1930s from a Business
Perspective   83
5. Union Members and Corruption: Exploitation and Disillusionment   103
6. Union Members and Corruption: The Potential for Reform   119
7. The Newsmen: "Molders of Public Opinion"   147
8. The Scandal's Political Impact: Pegler and Antiunionism   175
9. "Labor Must Clean House": The Challenge of Responding to Pegler   205
Conclusion: Opportunities Lost and Opportunities Taken   233
Notes   255
Index   319