@article{1446785,
      author = {Dukore, Bernard F.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1446785},
      title = {Unions, strikes, Shaw : "the capitalism of the  proletariat" /},
      abstract = {Unions, Strikes, Shaw: The Capitalism of the Proletariat  is the first book to treat Bernard Shawsocialist,  dramatist, public speaker and union memberin relation to  unions and strikes. For over half a century he urged  workers to join unions, which he called, paradoxically,  "the Capitalism of the Proletariat," because as capitalists  try to get as much labor as possible from workers while  paying them as little as possible, unions try to gain as  high wages as possible from employers while working as  little as possible. He opposed general strikes as destined  to fail, since owners can hold out longer than workers,  whose unions have less money to support them during  strikes. This book offers background on major strikes in  and before Shaws time including the Colorado Coalfield War  and the Dublin Lockout, both in 1913before analyzing the  causes, day-by-day events and consequences of Britains 1926  General Strike. It begins and ends with examinations of  their and Shaws relevance to actions on unions and strikes  in our own time. Bernard F. Dukore is University  Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Theatre Arts and  Humanities, Virginia Tech, USA. His books on theatre and  film include Bernard Shaw and the Censors: Fights and  Failures, Stage and Screen (2020) and Crimes and  Punishments and Bernard Shaw (2017).},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99131-9},
      recid = {1446785},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 102 pages).},
}