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Eisenhower & Landrum-Griffin
R. Alton Lee
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Hardback. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
During the 1950s two Senate investigations, both highly publicized through the new medium of television, revealed the spread of racketeers and corruption among labor unions. Taking advantage of these sensational revelations, business interests, who for years had chafed against the federal government's pro-labor policies, mounted a campaign to curb labor's power. With the support of the business-oriented administration of Dwight Eisenhower, they pushed through Congress a new "reform" law -- the Landrum-Griffin Act. In this book, R. Alton Lee, author of an earlier study of the Taft-Hartley law, offers the first detailed legislative history of this important act and with ... Read more
During the 1950s two Senate investigations, both highly publicized through the new medium of television, revealed the spread of racketeers and corruption among labor unions. Taking advantage of these sensational revelations, business interests, who for years had chafed against the federal government's pro-labor policies, mounted a campaign to curb labor's power. With the support of the business-oriented administration of Dwight Eisenhower, they pushed through Congress a new "reform" law -- the Landrum-Griffin Act. In this book, R. Alton Lee, author of an earlier study of the Taft-Hartley law, offers the first detailed legislative history of this important act and with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813116839
SKU
V9780813116839
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About R. Alton Lee
R. Alton Lee taught history at the University of South Dakota for thirty years, and is the author of Eisenhower and Landrum-Griffin: A Study in Labor-Management Politics and several other books.
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