Author : Thomas Mackaman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476624682
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Book Synopsis New Immigrants and the Radicalization of American Labor, 1914äóñ1924 by : Thomas Mackaman
Download or read book New Immigrants and the Radicalization of American Labor, 1914äóñ1924 written by Thomas Mackaman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-12-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe were by 1914 doing the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs in America’s mines, mills and factories. The next decade saw major economic and demographic changes and the growing influence of radicalism over immigrant populations. From the bottom rungs of the industrial hierarchy, immigrants pushed forward the greatest wave of strikes in U.S. labor history—lasting from 1916 until 1922—while nurturing new forms of labor radicalism. In response, government and industry, supported by deputized nationalist organizations, launched a campaign of “100 percent Americanism.” Together they developed new labor and immigration policies that led to the 1924 National Origins Act, which brought to an end mass European immigration. American industrial society would be forever changed.
