Media and Culture in the U.S. Jewish Labor Movement: Sweating for Democracy in the Interwar Era

By Madelyn Arnold

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312287240
• ISBN13: 9780312287245
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Stonewall Inn Editions
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 4.4"