Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction ix
4. Gilbert Mers: An Appreciation xix
5. Preface xxi
6. Acknowledgments xxiii
7. 1. The Docks of Corpus Christi, 1929 1
8. 2. Si Borison and Union Politics 31
9. 3. Rising Militancy 60
10. 4. The Great Longshoremen's Strike, 1935 88
11. 5. Dissenters Organize: The Maritime Federation of the Gulf Coast 114
12. 6. Turmoil among the Seamen 150
13. 7. Organizing Days in the South and West 177
14. 8. The War Years and Union Growth 209
15. 9. Labor on the Defensive 229
16. Afterword 260
17. Index 263