Irving Bernstein (1916–2001)
Author of The Lean Years: A History of the American Worker, 1920-1933
About the Author
Image credit: from back jacket flap of Promises Kept
Works by Irving Bernstein
Associated Works
The U.S. Department of Labor bicentennial history of the American worker (1976) — Contributor — 21 copies
Labor History, Vol. 5 No. 3, Fall 1964 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bernstein, Irving
- Birthdate
- 1916
- Date of death
- 2001-09-25
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Rochester, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Rochester, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Education
- University of Rochester (BA)
Harvard University (MA and PhD) - Occupations
- labor arbitrator
political science professor (University of California, Los Angeles)
industrial economist (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
hearing officer (National War Labor Board)
Swedish language specialist (Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services)
research professor (UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations) - Organizations
- National Academy of Arbitrators
UCLA Industrial Relations Research Association (research professor|president|1976)
University of California, Los Angeles
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Reviews
The Turbulent Years: A History of the American… by Irving Bernstein
An absolute tome, but it's all here. Some is grating--Bernstein covers a great deal of factional warfare within unions and government. Some is more exciting than fiction, like when Toledo pickets trapped industrialists in a factory, and those industrialists used an airplane to resupply them with teargas on the roof. More than anything, though, this book is a thorough recount of the industrial union movement, the birth of the CIO, the sit-down strike in America, the terrible position of blacks who could only find work as strike breakers, the roles of various Marxist organizations, and the intense personalities who dominated the industrial union movement. I wouldn't trust anyone's take on the Great Depression who hasn't read this book.… (more)
Third in a series on the American worker. It covers the social programs introduced in the Roosevelt administration,aid to dependant children,social security, unemployment insurance. There are very good biographical sketches of the people who led the reforms as Harry Hopkins.
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- Works
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- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 229
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.0
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- ISBNs
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