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• catalog abstract ""During the decade that followed the end of World War II, dockworkers in New York City and London undertook a series of militant revolts against their employers, their governments, and their union leaderships. In this innovative comparative study, Colin J. Davis explores the dynamics of work and work stoppage along these two pivotal waterfronts. He identifies the structural and cultural forces that lay behind the emergence of rank-and-file dockworker movements, enabling workers to challenge union hierarchies and to wring concessions from national governments." "Davis examines the ethnic and racial profiles of workers and how their racial standings determined entry into the workforce. He discusses the work itself, with its shared sense of skill and danger, use of nicknames as identifying signals, and pilferage as a form of rebellion and entitlement. He examines the alienation of the work force from employers and top trade union officials, exploring ties between the New York union leadership and organized crime, intimate links in both cities between the unions and political administrations, and the states' concerted efforts to protect trade routes, stanch Communist influence, and buttress trade union allies. Davis also documents struggles by New York black and Hispanic longshoremen against union and employer discrimination and shows how the wildcat strikes in both ports altered the balance of power and facilitated the establishment of viable oppositional movements." "Addressing questions of why dockworkers were such influential and explosive forces in the postwar industrial arena, Waterfront Revolts reveals how workers and trade unions directly influenced cold war politics, the economy, and culture - even across geographical borders."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13070106.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description ""Davis examines the ethnic and racial profiles of workers and how their racial standings determined entry into the workforce. He discusses the work itself, with its shared sense of skill and danger, use of nicknames as identifying signals, and pilferage as a form of rebellion and entitlement. He examines the alienation of the work force from employers and top trade union officials, exploring ties between the New York union leadership and organized crime, intimate links in both cities between the unions and political administrations, and the states' concerted efforts to protect trade routes, stanch Communist influence, and buttress trade union allies.".
• catalog description ""During the decade that followed the end of World War II, dockworkers in New York City and London undertook a series of militant revolts against their employers, their governments, and their union leaderships. In this innovative comparative study, Colin J. Davis explores the dynamics of work and work stoppage along these two pivotal waterfronts. He identifies the structural and cultural forces that lay behind the emergence of rank-and-file dockworker movements, enabling workers to challenge union hierarchies and to wring concessions from national governments."".
• catalog description "Davis also documents struggles by New York black and Hispanic longshoremen against union and employer discrimination and shows how the wildcat strikes in both ports altered the balance of power and facilitated the establishment of viable oppositional movements." "Addressing questions of why dockworkers were such influential and explosive forces in the postwar industrial arena, Waterfront Revolts reveals how workers and trade unions directly influenced cold war politics, the economy, and culture - even across geographical borders."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "The men -- The work -- Estrangement -- The 1948 New York strike -- The 1948 London strike -- Rivalry : New York -- Rivalry : London -- The fault line of race.".
• catalog extent "x, 246 p., [4] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "0252028783 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "The working class in American history".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
• catalog spatial "England London".
• catalog spatial "England London.".
• catalog spatial "New York (State) New York".
• catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
• catalog subject "331.892/81387164/0942109045 21".
• catalog subject "HD5325.L6 D38 2003".
• catalog subject "Stevedores Labor unions England London History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Stevedores Labor unions New York (State) New York History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Strikes and lockouts Stevedores England London History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Strikes and lockouts Stevedores New York (State) New York History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Wildcat strikes England London.".
• catalog subject "Wildcat strikes New York (State) New York.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The men -- The work -- Estrangement -- The 1948 New York strike -- The 1948 London strike -- Rivalry : New York -- Rivalry : London -- The fault line of race.".
• catalog title "Waterfront revolts : New York and London dockworkers, 1946-61 / Colin J. Davis.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".