Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Permissions xvii
6. Introduction. "Something in the 'Atmosphere' of America" xix
7. Part One. Longshoremen
8. 1. The Logic and Limits of Solidarity, 1850s—1920s 1
9. 2. New York: "They . . . Helped to Create Themselves Out of What They Found Around Them" 46
10. 3. Waterfront Unionism and "Race Solidarity": From the Crescent City to the City of Angels 89
11. Part Two. Steelworkers
12. 4. Ethnicity and Race in Steel's Nonunion Era 143
13. 5. "Regardless of Creed, Color or Nationality": Steelworkers and Civil Rights (I) 185
14. 6. "We Are Determined to Secure Justice Now": Steelworkers and Civil Rights (II) 219
15. 7. "The Steel Was Hot, the Jobs Were Dirty, and It Was War": Class, Race, and Working-Class Agency in Youngstown 251
16. Epilogue. "Other Energies, Other Dreams": Toward a New Labor Movement 287
17. Notes 297
18. Index 377
19. Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America 389