Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement / / William E. Forbath.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Forbath, William E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgrnents --; Introduction --; 1. Broad Contexts --; 2. Judicial Review in Labor's Political Culture --; 3. Government by Injunction --; 4. Semi-Outlawry --; 5. The Language of the Law and the Remaking of Labor's --; Conclusion --; Appendix A: Labor Legislation in the Courts, 1885-1930 --; Appendix B: Approximating the Numbers of Labor Injunctions and Their Relation to Other Strike Statistics, 1880-1930 --; Appendix C: Judicial Treatment of Statutes Seeking to Protect Union Organizing and Action by Revising Equity and Common Law Doctrine --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674037083; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674037083?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William E. Forbath.

In a richly detailed survey of labor law and labor history, Forbath challenges the notion of American "individualism." He shows that, over time, struggles with the courts and the legal order were crucial in reshaping labor's outlook, driving the labor movement to temper its radical goals.