The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor
by Nelson Lichtenstein
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Walter Reuther, the most imaginative and powerful trade union leader of the past half-century, confronted the same problems facing millions of working Americans today: how to use the spectacular productivity of our economy to sustain and improve the standard of living and security of ordinary Americans. As Nelson Lichtenstein observes, Reuther, the president of the United Automobile Workers from 1946 to 1970, may not have had all the answers, but at least he was asking the right questions. show more The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit vividly recounts Reuther's remarkable ascent: his days as a skilled worker at Henry Ford's great River Rouge complex, his two-year odyssey in the Soviet Union's infant auto industry in the early 1930s, and his immersion in the violent labor upheavals of the late 1930s that gave rise to the CIO. Under Reuther, the autoworkers' standard of living doubled. show lessTags
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Nelson Lichtenstein is MacArthur Foundation Chair in History and director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was the 2012 recipient of the Sol Stetin Award in Labor History and is the author of twelve books, including Walter Reuther: the Most Dangerous Man in Detroit and The show more Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business. show less
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- The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor
- People/Characters
- Walter Reuther
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- Detroit, Michigan, USA; Michigan, USA; USA
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- English
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- Nonfiction, Economics, History, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Business
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- 331.88 — Society, government, & culture Economics Labor economics Labor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputes Labor unions (Trade unions)
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- HD6509 .R4 .L53 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class Trade unions. Labor unions. Workers'
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