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This book examines how it was possible and what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s. We follow Chicago workers as they make choices about whether to attend ethnic benefit society meetings or to go to the movies, whether to shop in local neighborhood stores or patronize the new A & P.Lizabeth Cohen is the author of 'Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939', published 1991 under ISBN 9780521428385 and ISBN 0521428386.
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