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- catalog abstract "Publisher's description: From the beginning of the Industrial Age and continuing into the twenty-first century, companies faced with militant workers and organizers have often turned to agencies that specialized in ending strikes and breaking unions. Although their secretive nature has made it difficult to fully explore the history of this industry, From Blackjacks to Briefcases does just that. By digging through subpoenaed documents of strike-bound companies, their mercenaries, and the testimony of executive officers and rank-and-file strikebreakers, Robert Smith examines the inner workings of the antiunion industry. In a clear and lively style, he brings to life the violent armed guards employed on the picket line or in the coal camps; the ruffians who filled the armies marshaled by the "King of the Strikebreakers", Pearl Bergoff; the labor spies who wrecked countless unions; and, after the Wagner Act, those who manipulated national labor law to serve their clients. In From Blackjacks to Briefcases, Smith follows the history of this ongoing struggle and tells a compelling story that parallels the history of the United States over the last century and a half.".
- catalog contributor b12802731.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.".
- catalog description "Publisher's description: From the beginning of the Industrial Age and continuing into the twenty-first century, companies faced with militant workers and organizers have often turned to agencies that specialized in ending strikes and breaking unions. Although their secretive nature has made it difficult to fully explore the history of this industry, From Blackjacks to Briefcases does just that. By digging through subpoenaed documents of strike-bound companies, their mercenaries, and the testimony of executive officers and rank-and-file strikebreakers, Robert Smith examines the inner workings of the antiunion industry. In a clear and lively style, he brings to life the violent armed guards employed on the picket line or in the coal camps; the ruffians who filled the armies marshaled by the "King of the Strikebreakers", Pearl Bergoff; the labor spies who wrecked countless unions; and, after the Wagner Act, those who manipulated national labor law to serve their clients. In From Blackjacks to Briefcases, Smith follows the history of this ongoing struggle and tells a compelling story that parallels the history of the United States over the last century and a half.".
- catalog description "The business community's mercenaries : The era of privately paid police -- Armies of strikebreakers for hire -- Spies, propagandists, missionaries, and hookers : The era of industrial espionage -- The unionbusting industry since the Wagner Act.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 179 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "From blackjacks to briefcases.".
- catalog identifier "0821414658 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0821414666 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "From blackjacks to briefcases.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens : Ohio University Press,".
- catalog relation "From blackjacks to briefcases.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "331.89/4 21".
- catalog subject "HD5324 .S64 2003".
- catalog subject "Strikebreakers United States History.".
- catalog subject "Strikes and lockouts United States History".
- catalog subject "Union busting United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The business community's mercenaries : The era of privately paid police -- Armies of strikebreakers for hire -- Spies, propagandists, missionaries, and hookers : The era of industrial espionage -- The unionbusting industry since the Wagner Act.".
- catalog title "From blackjacks to briefcases : a history of commercialized strikebreaking and unionbusting in the United States / Robert Michael Smith with a foreword by Scott Molloy.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".