The New Men of Power: America's Labor Leaders (Library of American Labor History)

By C. Wright Mills

Book Overview

When C. Wright Mills published The New Men of Power in 1948, he
thought labor leaders a new strategic elite and the unions a set of vanguard organizations that were crucial to "stopping the main drift towards war and slump." Today, as the unions once again seek to play a decisive role in American life, Mills' remarkable probe into the structure and ideology of mid-twentieth-century trade unionism remains essential reading. A new introduction by historian Nelson Lichtenstein offers insight into the Millsian political world at the time he wrote The New Men of Power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025206948X
• ISBN13: 9780252069482
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"