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Eastern Illinois University

Selected Works

2011

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Review: Mccormick-International Harvester Company Collection Mccormick-International Harvester Company Collection By Lee Grady, Debra A. Reid Nov 2011

Review: Mccormick-International Harvester Company Collection Mccormick-International Harvester Company Collection By Lee Grady, Debra A. Reid

Debra A. Reid

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Book Review: Alan M. Greaves, The Land Of Ionia: Society And Economy In The Archaic Period., Lee E. Patterson Apr 2011

Book Review: Alan M. Greaves, The Land Of Ionia: Society And Economy In The Archaic Period., Lee E. Patterson

Lee E. Patterson

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‘Aid Where It Is Needed Most’: American Labor’S Military Industrial Complex, Edmund F. Wehrle Mar 2011

‘Aid Where It Is Needed Most’: American Labor’S Military Industrial Complex, Edmund F. Wehrle

Edmund F. Wehrle

Between the late 1940s and mid-1960s, American organized labor emerged among the most enthusiastic supporters of the military-industrial complex. This study examines that emerging relationship, focusing on the efforts of a group of unionists to mold defense spending into a vehicle for promoting employment and addressing social and economic problems. During the Korean War, labor representatives drafted, lobbied for, and helped administration Defense Manpower Policy #4, a policy channeling defense spending to areas suffering high rates of unemployment. With the advent of the Eisenhower administration, preferential policies fell by the wayside, but organized labor continued to press, with some success …

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The Vietnamese Confederation Of Labour And International Labour, Edmund F. Wehrle Jan 2011

The Vietnamese Confederation Of Labour And International Labour, Edmund F. Wehrle

Edmund F. Wehrle

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Review: Lise Hull, Understanding The Castle Ruins Of England And Wales: How To Interpret The History And Meaning Of Masonry And Earthworks, Bailey K. Young Jan 2011

Review: Lise Hull, Understanding The Castle Ruins Of England And Wales: How To Interpret The History And Meaning Of Masonry And Earthworks, Bailey K. Young

Bailey K. Young

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