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

by Brian Dolber

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319828517
• ISBN13: 9783319828510
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"