Skilled hands, strong spirits a century of building trades history / Grace Palladino.
| Author/creator | Palladino, Grace |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005. |
| Description | xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Skyscrapers, building trades councils, and the rise of the structural building trades -- Alliance -- The founding brothers : from the Structural Building Trades Alliance to the Building Trades Department -- "Sticking apart" : work, jurisdiction, and solidarity -- The high price of unity : conflict, crisis, and coming together -- Government matters -- A New Deal for labor : depression, recovery, and government-labor relations -- From Pearl Harbor to Denver : the building trades in war and peace -- The economic power of skill : mechanics, contractors, and civil rights -- Reorganizing the future -- From boom to bust : wage spirals, the business roundtable, and open-shop -- Construction -- Back to basics : the COMET Program, internal tensions, and the Las Vegas campaign. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-264) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004017450 |
| ISBN | 0801443202 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD6515.B9 P35 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |