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American Automobile Workers, 1900-1933 SUNY Series in American Labor History
author
:
Peterson, Joyce Shaw.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0887065732
print isbn13
:
9780887065736
ebook isbn13
:
9780585067841
language
:
English
subject
Automobile industry workers--United States--History.
publication date
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1987
lcc
:
HD8039.A82U66 1987eb
ddc
:
331.7/6292/0973
subject
:
Automobile industry workers--United States--History.
American Automobile Workers, 19001933
Page ii
SUNY Series in American Labor History Robert Asher and Charles Stephenson, Editors
Page iii
American Automobile Workers, 19001933
Joyce Shaw Peterson
State University of New York Press
Page iv
Cover photo courtesy of The Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne StateUniversity.
Some of this material was originally published as an article in the Journal of Negro History, LXIV, (Summer 1979), 177190. Used by permission. Some material previously appeared in Labor History, 22 (Spring 1981), 213236 (used by permission) and in Detroit in Perspective, 6 (Fall 1982), 4771 (reprinted by permission of The Detroit Historical Society).
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1987 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Peterson, Joyce Shaw, 1939 American automobile workers, 19001933.
(SUNY series in American labor history) Bibliography: p. 201 Includes index. 1. Automobile workerUnited States History. I. Title II. Series. HD8039.A82U66 1987 331.7'6292'0973 87-1942 ISBN 0-88706-573-2 ISBN 0-88706-574-0 (pbk.) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Page v
To My Parents and Grandparents
Page vii
Contents
Tables
ix
Preface
xi
Chapter One The Automobile Industry in the Early Twentieth Century
1
Chapter Two The Auto Workers
9
Chapter Three Auto Work
30
Chapter Four Conditions on the Job
46
Chapter Five Quality of Life Outside the Factory
71
Chapter Six Auto Workers Respond to Their Work
94
Chapter Seven Auto Worker Unions
108
Chapter Eight The Great Depression Arrives
130
Chapter Nine Conclusion
149
Notes
157
Bibliography
201
Index
225
Page ix
Tables
I-1 Growth of the Motor Vehicle Industry
4
I-2 Concentration of Automobile Industry in Michigan
7
I-3 Percentage of Passenger Motor Vehicles Sold By Different Manufacturers
8
II-1 Auto Workers' National Origin and Race, 19201930
15
II-2 Ethnic Origins of Ford Workers, 1914, 1917, and 1920
17
II-3 Detroit Population, 19101930
18
II-4 Percent of Detroit Foreign Stock and Foreign-Born Belonging to Old and New Immigrant Groups
20
IV-1 Average Annual Wages of Workers in the Motor Vehicle Industry, 18991933
47
V-1 Average Annual Cost of Maintaining Decent Minimum Standard of Living in Detroit, Family of Five, 1919
76
V-2 Average Annual Cost of Maintaining Fair Minimum Standard of Living in Detroit, Family of Five, 1921
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