The Amsterdam International
Subtitle: the world of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), 1913-1945
By: Geert Van Goethem.
Series: Studies in labour history; Studies in labour history (Ashgate (Firm))
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: International Federation of Trade Unions -- History; Labor unions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; International labor activities -- History -- 20th century; Labor movement -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Table of contents: title: The world of the International Federation of Trade Unions : Amsterdam, Berlin, and Paris; title: The discordant clamour for international unity : the red temptation of the International Federation of Trade Unions; title: Subordinate or partner? : the difficult relationship between the IFTU, as the umbrella organisation of national unions, with the international trade secretariats; title: Geneva : the International Labour Organization and the social reform programme of the IFTU; title: 'Seeking problems' : The women's division of the IFTU; title: Isolationism or leadership : the American Federation of Labor and the International Federation of Trade Unions; title: A free labour movement in a world without freedom : the IFTU against fascism and nazism; title: Beyond the International Federation of Trade Unions : the path to the World Federation of Trade Unions; title: Under cover : the secret services of the international trade union movement.