Media and Culture in the U.S. Jewish Labor Movement

Media and Culture in the U.S. Jewish Labor Movement

Sweating for Democracy in the Interwar Era

Dolber, Brian

Springer International Publishing AG

01/2017

256

Dura

Inglês

9783319435473

15 a 20 dias


Versão ebook 79,99 €

Using a wide array of archival sources, Brian Dolber demonstrates the importance of cultural activity in movement politics, and the need for thoughtful debate about how to structure alternative media in moments of political, economic, and technological change.
1. Introduction.- 2. 'Digging in the Dark': The Forward's Advertising Strategy in the 1920s.- 3. 'Cutting the Pathway in the Wilderness and Confusion': Worker Education and the Garment Unions, 1919-1932.- 4. Moving Forward on the Air: The Birth of WEVD and the Rise of Commercial Radio.- 5. 'A Song of Social Significance': Jewish Labor, Mass Culture, and the New Deal.- 6. 'The Most Effective Weapon': Consumer Activism and the Jewish Labor Committee's Anti-Nazi Boycott.- 7. A 'Friendly Negotiation': Jewish Labor, the Newspaper Guild, and the Limits of the New Deal.- 8. Epilogue.