American Vanguard
Subtitle: The United Auto Workers During the Reuther Years, 1935-1970
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780814329474
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Road vehicle manufacturing industry; Social history; Trade unions; Transport industries; 20th century; History; Business / Economics / Finance; History: American; USA; Industries - Automobile Industry; United States - 20th Century; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; United States - General; Automobile industry and trade; International Union, United Au; International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO); United States
Description: "The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important chapter in the story of American democracy. American Vanguard is the first and only history of the union available for both general and academic audiences. In this narrative, John Barnard not only records the controversial issues tackled by the UAW but also lends them immediacy through details about the workers and their environments, the leaders and the challenges they faced, and the vision that guided these activists. Throughout, Barnard traces the UAW's twofold goal: to create an industrial democracy in the workplace and to pursue a social-democratic agenda in the interest of the public at large."--Jacket.