The Great Industrial War
The Great Industrial War
Framing Class Conflict in the Media, 1865-1950
Examining how the mainstream press along with the writings of a select group of influential reformers and politicians framed strike news, Rondinone argues that the Civil War, coming on the cusp of a revolution in industrial productivity, offered a gruesome, indelible model for national conflict. He follows the heated discourse on class war through the nineteenth century until its general dissipation in the mid-twentieth century. Incorporating labor history, cultural studies, linguistic anthropology, and sociology, The Great Industrial War explores the influence of historical experience on popular perceptions of social order and class conflict and provides a reinterpretation of the origins and meaning of the Taft-Hartley Act and the industrial relations regime it supported.
'The Great Industrial War fills a huge gap in the study of news media and history.'
The Great Industrial War is a beautifully written, well-argued book that will stand out as a distinct and original work within American labor history.
A novel way to consider the representation of labor conflict in the United States and offers a real insight into American labor history.
Rondinone should be commended for taking on such a broadly significant topic. Historians of labor, business, and the media will benefit from reading The Great Industrial War.
'The Great Industrial War fills a huge gap in the study of news media and history.'
The Great Industrial War is a beautifully written, well-argued book that will stand out as a distinct and original work within American labor history.
A novel way to consider the representation of labor conflict in the United States and offers a real insight into American labor history.
Rondinone should be commended for taking on such a broadly significant topic. Historians of labor, business, and the media will benefit from reading The Great Industrial War.
1 With Colors Flying
2 "Drifting toward Industrial War"
3 The March of Organized Forces
4 The Emergence of the "Great Third Class" and the Search for an Industrial Treaty
5 The Fist of the State in the Public Glove
6 Co-opting the Combatants
7 A Kind of Peace
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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