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American Labour and Consensus Capitalism, 1935-1990

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Patrick Renshaw
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Part of the book series: The Contemporary United States (TCUS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Labour and the Great Depression

    • Patrick Renshaw
    Pages 1-19

  3. New Deal Renaissance

    • Patrick Renshaw
    Pages 20-41

  4. The Crucible of War

    • Patrick Renshaw
    Pages 42-73

  5. Reconversion and Reaction

    • Patrick Renshaw
    Pages 74-99

  6. Purging the Communists

    • Patrick Renshaw
    Pages 100-124

  7. The Emergence of Corporate Consensus

    • Patrick Renshaw
    Pages 125-151

  8. The Collapse of the Keynesian Economy

    • Patrick Renshaw
    Pages 152-183

  9. Conclusion

    • Patrick Renshaw
    Pages 184-191

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 192-237
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About this book

During the Great Depression in the 1930s, American unions used the crisis of capitalism to recover power. Following the argument of British economist J.M.Keynes that capitalism could only be saved by raising aggregate demand, high wages and controlled inflation also became acceptable. Thus, during the Second World War government co-opted labour into running the war economy, and in the postwar years management co- opted unions into disciplining the workforce. This book examines the part unions played in creating the resulting consensus, and explains why both unions and consensus have recently declined.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: American Labour and Consensus Capitalism, 1935-1990

  • Authors: Patrick Renshaw

  • Series Title: The Contemporary United States

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21605-5

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 237

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of the Americas

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