Clark, Daniel J.,

Disruption in Detroit : autoworkers and the elusive postwar boom / Daniel J. Clark. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Shortages and strikes, 1945-1948 -- The era of "The treaty of Detroit," 1949-1950 -- No longer the arsenal of democracy, 1951-1952 -- A post-Korean War boom, 1953 -- A "painfully inconvenient" recession, 1954 -- The fifties in one year, 1955 -- "A severe and prolonged hangover," 1956-1957 -- The nadir, 1958 -- "What is happening? Which way are we headed?" 1959-1960 -- Conclusion.



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Automobile industry workers--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Automobile industry workers--Labor unions--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Automobile industry and trade--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.


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