John L. Lewis: A BiographyJohn L. Lewis (1880-1969), who ruled the United Mine Workers for four decades beginning in 1919, defied presidents, challenged Congress, and kept American political life in an uproar. Drawing upon previously untapped resources in the UMW archives and upon oral histories by major figures of the 1930s and 1940s, the authors have created a remarkable portrait of this 'self-made man' and his times. "This well-illustrated, engagingly-written volume deserves a prominent place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the history of American labor in the twentieth century." -- Labor History |
Contents
Obscure Origins 18801908 | 3 |
The Road to Power 190819 | 11 |
The Testing and the Triumph 191920 | 23 |
Trade Union President 192132 | 41 |
A President and His Union March 1921March 1923 | 43 |
Emerging Labor Statesman 192324 | 56 |
Union Tyrant Mastering the Opposition 192127 | 70 |
The Collapse of the Union 192528 | 84 |
CIO CIO CIO Labor on the March June 1936June 1937 | 161 |
The Man Behind the Mask Lewis in Legend and Reality | 185 |
Denouement June 1937December 1939 | 202 |
Naked to Thine Enemies The Politics of 1940 | 227 |
A Man and His Union John L Lewis the UMW and the Coal Industry 193540 | 248 |
From Resistance to Resignation 194169 | 259 |
A Man Alone 194142 | 261 |
Damn His Coal Black Soul The Wartime Strikes 1943 | 282 |
The Nadir 192932 | 97 |
Years of Glory 193340 | 121 |
Rebirth of a Union 193334 | 121 |
The Challenge July 1934October 1935 | 128 |
Founding the CIO October 1935October 1936 | 142 |
Between Scylla and Charybdis 194450 | 303 |
A Prisoner of Change 195060 | 328 |
Twilight and Darkness 196069 | 349 |
Index | 359 |
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