Unions, strikes, Shaw : "the capitalism of the proletariat" / Bernard F. Dukore.
2022
PR5368.P6
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Title
Unions, strikes, Shaw : "the capitalism of the proletariat" / Bernard F. Dukore.
ISBN
9783030991319 (electronic bk.)
3030991318 (electronic bk.)
9783030991302
303099130X
3030991318 (electronic bk.)
9783030991302
303099130X
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 102 pages).
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10.1007/978-3-030-99131-9 doi
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PR5368.P6
Dewey Decimal Classification
822/.912
Summary
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).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed July 6, 2022).
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Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries.
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Unions, strikes, Shaw.
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Bernard Shaw, Union Member
3 Unions and Major Barbara
4 Background: General Strikes and the Dublin Lockout of 1913
5 The British General Strike of 1926
6 Shaw on the British General Strike of 1926
7 Socialism, Nationalization and Major Barbara
8 On the Rocks and Nationalization
9 Conclusion.
2 Bernard Shaw, Union Member
3 Unions and Major Barbara
4 Background: General Strikes and the Dublin Lockout of 1913
5 The British General Strike of 1926
6 Shaw on the British General Strike of 1926
7 Socialism, Nationalization and Major Barbara
8 On the Rocks and Nationalization
9 Conclusion.