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by Robert H. Zieger. 491 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Robert H. Zieger

Publisher:

   University of North Carolina Press

Place of Publication:

  Chapel Hill, NC  

Publication Year:

  1995
Subjects:   Congress Of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)--History, Labor Unions--United States--Political Activity--History--20th Century
Table of contents
Contents
A section of illustrations begins on page 191.
Preface vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction. The Fragile Juggernaut 1
1 Before the CIO 6
2 Founding the CIO, 1935-1936 22
3 Over the Top, 1936-1937 42
4 The Diverse Arenas of the CIO, 1936-1938 66
5 Stasis and Schism, 1938-1940 90
6 1941, Year of Decision 111
7 World War II 141
8 After the War 212
9 The CIO and Its Communists 253
10 The Korean War 294
11 The Postwar CIO 305
12 The Final Years of the Late, Great CIO 333
13 Merger and Beyond 357
Conclusion 372
Notes 379
Index 477
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