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Making the World Safe for Workers: Labor, the Left, and Wilsonian Internationalism (Working Class in American History) - Softcover

Book 20 of 65: Working Class in American History

McKillen, Elizabeth

 
9780252083860: Making the World Safe for Workers: Labor, the Left, and Wilsonian Internationalism (Working Class in American History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252083865 ISBN 13: 9780252083860
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2018

Synopsis

 
In this intellectually ambitious study, Elizabeth McKillen explores the significance of Wilsonian internationalism for workers and the influence of American labor in both shaping and undermining the foreign policies and war mobilization efforts of Woodrow Wilson's administration. McKillen highlights the major fault lines and conflicts that emerged within labor circles as Wilson pursued his agenda in the context of Mexican and European revolutions, World War I, and the Versailles Peace Conference. As McKillen shows, the choice to collaborate with or resist U.S. foreign policy remained an important one for labor throughout the twentieth century. In fact, it continues to resonate today in debates over the global economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the impact of U.S. policies on workers at home and abroad.

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About the Author

Elizabeth McKillen is a professor of history at the University of Maine and the author of Chicago Labor and the Quest for a Democratic Diplomacy: 1914–1924.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252083865
ISBN 13 
9780252083860
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320