{"product_id":"shadow-of-the-racketeer-scandal-in-organized-labor-9780252034176","title":"Shadow of the Racketeer  Scandal in Organized","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of \u003ci\u003eLabor History's\u003c\/i\u003e Prize for the best book on labor history, 2010.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An engaging and illuminating work on a crucial episode in the development of the image of organized labor in the U.S.\"--\u003ci\u003eEH.Net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through creative use of FBI and court records, Witwer carefully peels open the intricate layers of several high profile labor scandals that Westbrook Pegler exposed in the World War II era, exploring how organized crime came to control two important unions. Well conceived and judiciously argued.\"--Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, author of \u003ci\u003eWaves of Opposition: Labor and the Struggle for Democratic Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Witwer is a remarkably energetic and insightful historian, and his study of Westbrook Pegler and the role he played in the construction of a New Deal era discourse of corruption and racketeering within the house of labor is an extremely provocative and path-breaking book.\"--Nelson Lichtenstein, author of \u003ci\u003eState of the Union: A Century of American Labor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   vi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: \"Peglerized\"   1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Columnist: A Crusading Jouranlist   15\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Outfit: Organized Crime and Labor Racketeering   37\u003cbr\u003e 3. Browne, Bioff, and Scalise: The Dynamics of Union Corruption   59\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Hollywood Case: Racketeering in the 1930s from a Business Perspective   83\u003cbr\u003e 5. Union Members and Corruption: Exploitation and Disillusionment   103\u003cbr\u003e 6. Union Members and Corruption: The Potential for Reform   119\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Newsmen: \"Molders of Public Opinion\"   147\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Scandal's Political Impact: Pegler and Antiunionism   175\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Labor Must Clean House\": The Challenge of Responding to Pegler   205\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Opportunities Lost and Opportunities Taken   233\u003cbr\u003e Notes   255\u003cbr\u003e Index   319","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036814803287,"sku":"9780252034176","price":92.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252034176.jpg?v=1750932642","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shadow-of-the-racketeer-scandal-in-organized-labor-9780252034176","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}