Working Class in American History
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Working Class in American History

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Working Class in American History

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It is a powerful story: the relationship between the 1960s New Left and organized labor was summed up by hardhats confronting students and others over US involvement in Vietnam. But the real story goes beyond the "Love It or Leave It" signs and melees involving blue-collar types attacking protesters. 

Peter B. Levy challenges these images by exploring the complex relationship between the two groups. Early in the 1960s, the New Left and labor had cooperated to fight for civil rights and anti-poverty programs. But diverging opinions on the Vietnam War created a schism that divided these one-time allies. Levy shows how the war, combined with the emergence of the black power movement and the blossoming of the counterculture, drove a permanent wedge between the two sides and produced the polarization that remains to this day.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9780252047374
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 We Shall Overcome: Labor and the Emergence of the New Left
  10. 2 Coalition Politics or Nonviolent Revolution
  11. 3 Vietnam
  12. 4 Black Power
  13. 5 The Counterculture
  14. 6 Debating the Labor Question
  15. 7 Organizing the Unorganized
  16. 8 Solidarity on the Labor Front
  17. 9 Testing the Political Waters
  18. Conclusion
  19. Appendix: Theory, Methodology, and Historiography
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index