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Dockworker Power

- Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area
Af: Peter Cole Engelsk Hardback

Dockworker Power

- Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area
Af: Peter Cole Engelsk Hardback
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Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and the Cornell ILR School, 2019
A Black Perspectives Best Black History Book of 2018

Dockworkers have power. Often missed in commentary on today''s globalizing economy, workers in the world''s ports can harness their role, at a strategic choke point, to promote their labor rights and social justice causes. Peter Cole brings such overlooked experiences to light in an eye-opening comparative study of Durban, South Africa, and the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Path-breaking research reveals how unions effected lasting change in some of the most far-reaching struggles of modern times. First, dockworkers in each city drew on longstanding radical traditions to promote racial equality. Second, they persevered when a new technology--container ships--sent a shockwave of layoffs through the industry. Finally, their commitment to black internationalism and leftist politics sparked transnational work stoppages to protest apartheid and authoritarianism. Dockworker Power not only brings to light surprising parallels in the experiences of dockers half a world away from each other. It also offers a new perspective on how workers can change their conditions and world.

 

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Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and the Cornell ILR School, 2019
A Black Perspectives Best Black History Book of 2018

Dockworkers have power. Often missed in commentary on today''s globalizing economy, workers in the world''s ports can harness their role, at a strategic choke point, to promote their labor rights and social justice causes. Peter Cole brings such overlooked experiences to light in an eye-opening comparative study of Durban, South Africa, and the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Path-breaking research reveals how unions effected lasting change in some of the most far-reaching struggles of modern times. First, dockworkers in each city drew on longstanding radical traditions to promote racial equality. Second, they persevered when a new technology--container ships--sent a shockwave of layoffs through the industry. Finally, their commitment to black internationalism and leftist politics sparked transnational work stoppages to protest apartheid and authoritarianism. Dockworker Power not only brings to light surprising parallels in the experiences of dockers half a world away from each other. It also offers a new perspective on how workers can change their conditions and world.

 

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9780252042072
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0252042077
Udg. Dato: 30 dec 2018
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 161mm
Højde: 240mm
Forlag: University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato: 30 dec 2018
Forfatter(e): Peter Cole
Forfatter(e) Peter Cole


Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie


ISBN-13 9780252042072


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 27mm


Bredde 161mm


Højde 240mm


Udg. Dato 30 dec 2018


Oplagsdato 30 dec 2018


Forlag University of Illinois Press

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