Strikebreaking and Intimidation: Mercenaries and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century America

In the first systematic study of anti-unionism and strikebreaking in the U.S., Norwood traces the history of violence between strikers and the mercenary forces (whose diverse ranks included college students, African Americans, the unemployed, and organized crime associates) called in by corporations to break strikes.

• | Author: Stephen H. Norwood
• | Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• | Publication Date: May 27, 2002
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0807853739
• | ISBN-13: 9780807853733