Unions, strikes, Shaw "the capitalism of the proletariat" / [electronic resource] :
- 作者： Dukore, Bernard F.
- 其他作者：
- 其他題名：
- Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries.
- 出版： Cham : Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
- 叢書名： Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries,
- 主題： Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950--Political and social views. , Labor unions. , Strikes and lockouts. , Playwrights and Playwriting. , Theatre History. , Political History. , Social History. , Labor History.
- ISBN： 9783030991319 (electronic bk.) 、 9783030991302 (paper)
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- 資料類型: 電子書
- 內容註: 1 Introduction -- 2 Bernard Shaw, Union Member -- 3 Unions and Major Barbara -- 4 Background: General Strikes and the Dublin Lockout of 1913 -- 5 The British General Strike of 1926 -- 6 Shaw on the British General Strike of 1926 -- 7 Socialism, Nationalization and Major Barbara -- 8 On the Rocks and Nationalization -- 9 Conclusion.
- 摘要註: Unions, Strikes, Shaw: 'The Capitalism of the Proletariat' is the first book to treat Bernard Shaw-socialist, dramatist, public speaker and union member-in relation to unions and strikes. For over half a century he urged workers to join unions, which he called, paradoxically, "the Capitalism of the Proletariat," because as capitalists try to get as much labor as possible from workers while paying them as little as possible, unions try to gain as high wages as possible from employers while working as little as possible. He opposed general strikes as destined to fail, since owners can hold out longer than workers, whose unions have less money to support them during strikes. This book offers background on major strikes in and before Shaw's time -including the Colorado Coalfield War and the Dublin Lockout, both in 1913-before analyzing the causes, day-by-day events and consequences of Britain's 1926 General Strike. It begins and ends with examinations of their and Shaw's relevance to actions on unions and strikes in our own time. Bernard F. Dukore is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Theatre Arts and Humanities, Virginia Tech, USA. His books on theatre and film include Bernard Shaw and the Censors: Fights and Failures, Stage and Screen (2020) and Crimes and Punishments and Bernard Shaw (2017) "An excellent book to put on the Bernard Shaw shelf that will serve a wider audience as well. Bernard F. Dukore's study is enlightening as it engages with recent scholarship to support questioning and provide answers that are fuller and better developed in specific contexts. It is well written and is high on my list of the most convincingly developed studies in this field. It fills an empty space in Shaw scholarship, and there's no need for, or likelihood that, another book would try to contest it." - Richard F. Dietrich, Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida, USA "Unions, Strikes, Shaw surveys general strikes, including the 1913 Dublin Lockout and 1926 Brit
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Unions, Strikes, Shaw: ‘The Capitalism of the Proletariat’ is the first book to treat Bernard Shaw—socialist, dramatist, public speaker and union member—in relation to unions and strikes. For over half a century he urged workers to join unions, which he called, paradoxically, “the Capitalism of the Proletariat,” because as capitalists try to get as much labor as possible from workers while paying them as little as possible, unions try to gain as high wages as possible from employers while working as little as possible. He opposed general strikes as destined to fail, since owners can hold out longer than workers, whose unions have less money to support them during strikes. This book offers background on major strikes in and before Shaw’s time —including the Colorado Coalfield War and the Dublin Lockout, both in 1913—before analyzing the causes, day-by-day events and consequences of Britain’s 1926 General Strike. It begins and ends with examinations of their and Shaw’s relevance to actions on unions and strikes in our own time.