Waves of Opposition: Labor and the Struggle for Democratic Radio

by Elizabeth A. Fones-Wolf

Radio sparked the massive upsurge of organized labor during the Great Depression. The powerful new medium became an important weapon in the ideological war between labor and business. Corporations used radio to sing the praises of individualism and consumerism, while unions emphasized equal rights, industrial democracy, and social justice.

Elizabeth Fones-Wolf analyzes the battle to utilize, and control, the airwaves in radio's early era...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252073649
• ISBN13: 9780252073649
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"