The Full Employment Horizon in 20th-Century America: The Movement for Economic Democracy

by Michael Dennis and Michael Dennis

Book Overview

Through moments of social protest, policy debate, and popular mobilization, this book follows the campaign for economic democracy and the fight for full employment in the United States. Starting in the 1930s, Dennis explores its intellectual and philosophical underpinnings, the class struggle that determined the fate of legislation and the role of left-wing civil rights activists in its revival.

Demonstrating how the campaign for full employment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350205702
• ISBN13: 9781350205703
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"