Title
Immigrants, Intellectuals and Industrial Unions
Subtitle
The 1919 Textile Strikes and the Experience of the Amalgamated Textile Workers of America in Passaic and Paterson, New Jersey and Lawrence, Massachusetts
"Immigrants, Intellectuals and Industrial Unions," by David Joseph Goldberg, is a Ph.D. dissertation from Columbia University. Goldberg studies the Amalgamated Textile Workers of America (ATWA) in three communities: Passaic and Paterson, New Jersey, and Lawrence, Massachusetts. Goldberg provides an analysis of the wartime developments in these communities that led to the 1919 labor revolt. The author also examines the cities' immigrant groups, industrial and workplace settings, and labor history and traditions. Goldberg also provides an in-depth analysis of the 1919 strikes. Additionally, Goldberg examines the ideology, structure, orientation, and the role of the ATWA in the union. In the late portion of the book, Goldberg discusses the growth of the union in each city after 1919 and concludes with an analysis of the "Various internal factors that led to the union's demise" (12).
Publisher
Columbia University
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Goldberg, David Joseph
Rights
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