{"product_id":"working-class-new-york-life-and-labor-since-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua B. Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"lucid, detailed, and imaginative analysis\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e) of the model city that working-class New Yorkers created after World War II--and its tragic demise\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than any other city in America, New York in the years after the Second World War carved out an idealistic and equitable path to the future. Largely through the efforts of its working class and the dynamic labor movement it built, New York City became the envied model of liberal America and the scourge of conservatives everywhere: cheap and easy-to-use mass transit, work in small businesses and factories that had good wages and benefits, affordable public housing, and healthcare for all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorking-Class New York\u003c\/em\u003e is an \"engrossing\" (\u003cem\u003eDissent\u003c\/em\u003e) account of the birth of that ideal and the way it came crashing down. In what \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"absorbing and beautifully detailed history,\" historian Joshua Freeman shows how the anticommunist purges of the 1950s decimated the ranks of the labor movement and demoralized its idealists, and how the fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s dealt another crushing blow to liberal ideals as the city's wealthy elite made a frenzied grab for power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grand work of cultural and social history, \u003cem\u003eWorking-Class New York\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving chronicle of a dream that died but may yet rise again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoshua B. Freeman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a distinguished professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Empire 1945-2000\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Transit\u003c\/em\u003e, a co-author of \u003cem\u003eWho Built America?\u003c\/em\u003e, and a co-editor of \u003cem\u003eAudacious Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44714159669383,"sku":"9798893850581","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1cu0lNrUCq9798893850581.webp?v=1779583814","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/working-class-new-york-life-and-labor-since-world-war-ii-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}