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000329974 1001_ $$aWitwer, David Scott.
000329974 24510 $$aShadow of the racketeer :$$bscandal in organized labor /$$cDavid Witwer.
000329974 260__ $$aUrbana :$$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$$cc2009.
000329974 300__ $$avii, 322 p. :$$bill. ;$$c22 cm.
000329974 4901_ $$aThe working class in American history
000329974 500__ $$a"Portions of this book appeared in a different form as "The Case of the Two Percent Assessment and the Question of Union Suceptibility," Trends in Organized Crime 9, no. 4 (2006): 102-126; as "Westbrook Pegler and the Anti-Union Movement," Journal of American History 92, no. 2 (2005): 527-52. (Copyright (c) Organization of American Historians <http://www.oah.org>. Reprinted with permission.); portions of chapter 5 appeared in a different form as "The Scandal of George Scalise: A Case Study in the Rise of Labor Racketeering in the 1930s," Journal of Social History 36, no. 4 (2003): 917-40; and portions of the conclusion appeard in a different form as "The Racketeer Menace and Anti-unionism in the Mid-Twentieth Century U.S.," International Labor and Working-Class History 74 (Fall 2008)"--T.p. verso.
000329974 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-318) and index.
000329974 5050_ $$aThe columnist : a crusading journalist -- The outfit : organized crime and labor racketeering -- Browne, Bioff, and Scalise : the dynamics of union corruption -- The Hollywood case : racketeering in the 1930s from a business perspective -- Union members and corruption : exploitation and disillusionment -- Union members and corruption : the potential for reform -- The newsmen : "molders of public opinion" -- The scandal's political impact : Pegler and antiunionism -- "Labor must clean house": the challenge of responding to Pegler -- Conclusion : opportunities lost and opportunities taken.
000329974 60010 $$aPegler, J. Westbrook$$q(James Westbrook),$$d1894-1969.
000329974 650_0 $$aLabor unions$$xCorrupt practices$$zUnited States.
000329974 650_0 $$aOrganized crime$$zUnited States.
000329974 650_0 $$aLabor movement$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000329974 650_0 $$aLabor leaders$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000329974 650_0 $$aRacketeering$$zUnited States.
000329974 650_0 $$aJournalists$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000329974 830_0 $$aWorking class in American history.
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