Nelson Lichtenstein est un historien éminent dont l'œuvre se concentre sur la relation complexe entre le travail, la démocratie et le paysage évolutif du monde du travail. En tant que professeur et directeur d'un centre de recherche de premier plan, ses recherches explorent les forces fondamentales qui façonnent les structures économiques et sociales. Les recherches de Lichtenstein offrent des perspectives critiques sur les dynamiques de pouvoir et les trajectoires historiques des travailleurs et de leurs mouvements.
Focusing on a pivotal era in American politics and labor history, the book explores the impact of World War II's outbreak in 1939 and the subsequent major industrial strikes during the transition to a peacetime economy. It delves into the dynamics of labor movements and political shifts that shaped the nation during this transformative period.
Supported by The Walter and May Reuther Memorial Fund Previously published by Basic Books as The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor
A Century of American Labor - Revised and Expanded Edition
Focusing on the evolution of unions since the New Deal, this narrative offers a comprehensive examination of American labor history through the lens of ideas and ideology. Lichtenstein's engaging and revisionist approach provides a sympathetic yet realistic portrayal of the challenges faced by labor movements. The book is designed to provoke thought and discussion among both students of trade unions and historians, ensuring its relevance and impact in the field for years to come.
"When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he was surrounded by advisors with radical ideas about everything from economic management to health care reform to labor relations to social policy. With the White House and Congress under full Democratic control, a new, more equitable vision of American capitalism seemed possible-even likely. And indeed, over the course of the 1990s, the economy performed remarkably well, real wages rose, and unemployment was at a 25-year low. In a 2001 book, Alan Blinder and Janet Yellen would term it "The Fabulous Decade." And yet today, Clinton's 8 years in office are seen by those on the left as a monumental failure, with these short-term gains achieved thanks to a full-sale capitulation to the neoliberal ideology of the right, which brought with it financial deregulation, privatization of government services, and the growth of class inequalities. In this comprehensive and sweeping political history of the 1990s, Nelson Lichtenstein considers why the Clinton White House ended up embracing neoliberalism so fully, despite the array of other options available-options being championed by those around Clinton, and sometimes even Clinton itself. Exploring the major issues of the time-deficit politics, NAFTA, labor relations, tech regulation, mass incarceration, and more-Lichtenstein reveals an "intellectual history of an economy that wasn't," and explores why neoliberalism was cemented into the US's economic and financial system by the end of Clinton's term in office"-- Provided by publisher
Wal-Mart is the world's largest company and it sets the standard--both social and commercial--for a huge swath of the global economy. In this probing investigation, historian Nelson Lichtenstein shows how the company's success has spread evangelical Protestantism into the workplace, made South China an American workshop, and pushed American politics to the right. At the same time, he anticipates a day of reckoning, when challenges to the Wal-Mart way, at home and abroad, are likely to change the far-flung empire. Insightful and original, The Retail Revolution gives a fresh and necessary understanding of the phenomenon that has reshaped international commerce.