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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Workers against the City is an excellent, nuanced, and timely history of Hague and the fight for free speech. . . . His careful analysis of free speech and civil liberties before the era of FDR is appropriately grounded in the Reconstruction and World War I periods." --
Labor"
Workers against the City brings a fresh perspective to one of the more famous free speech and assembly battles of the turbulent 1930s, which was the newly emerging Committee of Industrial Organizations' and American Civil Liberties Union's clash with the Jersey City, New Jersey, machine led by Major Frank Hauge." --
Journal of American History "Rogers set out to write a book about
Hague v. CIO, and the book accomplishes this task admiringly. That it points to other areas worth exploring underlines its strengths, not it weaknesses." --
NJS"A refreshing and thorough study of the Supreme Course case of
Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, which considered the constitutionality of municipal restrictions on outdoor assembly. . . . Professor Rogers' analysis of
Hague is incisive and original." --
Journal of Supreme Court History"Skillfully blending the histories of American civil liberties, organized labor, and urban politics, Rogers shows us how a complex set of forces has shaped and limited the rights of modern Americans to assemble and speak their minds in public."--James J. Connolly, author of
An Elusive Unity: Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing AmericaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Rise of Boss Hague: Municipal Politics and Civil Liberties in the Old Era
Chapter 2. The Transformation of Labor Unionism in a Boss-Run Town
Chapter 3. Street Fight and Media Fight in the Battle for Jersey City
Chapter 4. Into Federal District Court: Municipal Power and Civil Liberties in a New Forum
Chapter 5. “Time Out of Mind”: The Supreme Court Decision(s)
Epilogue: Aftermath and Legacy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
