New Immigrants and the Radicalization of American Labor, 1914-1924

by Thomas Mackaman

Overview

Millions of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe were by 1914 doing the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs in America's mines, mills and factories. The next decade saw major economic and demographic changes and the growing influence of radicalism over immigrant populations.

From the bottom rungs of the industrial hierarchy, immigrants pushed forward the greatest wave of strikes in U.S. labor history--lasting from 1916 until 1922--while nurturing new forms of labor radicalism. In response, government and industry, supported by deputized nationalist organizations, launched a campaign of "100 percent Americanism." Together they developed new labor and immigration policies that led to the 1924 National Origins Act, which brought to an end mass European immigration. American industrial society would be forever changed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476624686
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/26/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Thomas Mackaman is an assistant professor of history at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He specializes in late Progressive Era American history, especially labor and immigration.
Thomas Mackaman is an assistant professor of history at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He specializes in late Progressive Era American history, especially labor and immigration.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: “Got a match?”
1. “Our lives, our thoughts and our allegiance”: New Immigrants in 1914
2. “A war of coal and iron”: 1914–1917
3. Securing “the industrial forts of America”: 1917–1918
4. “The Revolt of the ­Rank and File”: 1919
5. Reaction in New Country and Old: 1920–1924
Epilogue: The ­Nation-State, Immigration Restriction and Fordism
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index