Sewing the Fabric of Statehood: Garment Unions, American Labor, and the Establishment of the State of Israel

Sewing the Fabric of Statehood: Garment Unions, American Labor, and the Establishment of the State of Israel

by Adam M Howard
Sewing the Fabric of Statehood: Garment Unions, American Labor, and the Establishment of the State of Israel

Sewing the Fabric of Statehood: Garment Unions, American Labor, and the Establishment of the State of Israel

by Adam M Howard

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Overview

Long a bastion of Jewish labor power, garment unions provided financial and political aid essential to founding and building the nation of Israel. Throughout the project, Jewish labor often operated outside of official channels as non-governmental organizations. Adam Howard explores the untold story of how three influential garment unions worked alone and with other Jewish labor organizations in support of a new Jewish state. Sewing the Fabric of Statehood reveals a coalition at work on multiple fronts. Sustained efforts convinced the AFL and CIO to support Jewish development in Palestine through land purchases for Jewish workers and encouraged the construction of trade schools and cultural centers. Other activists, meanwhile, directed massive economic aid to Histadrut, the General Federation of Jewish Workers in Palestine, or pressured the British and American governments to recognize Israel's independence. What emerges is a powerful account of the motivations and ideals that led American labor to forge its own foreign policy and reshape both the postwar world and Jewish history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780252050060
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 12/13/2017
Series: Working Class in American History
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 184
File size: 672 KB

About the Author

Adam M. Howard is currently the general editor of the Foreign Relations of the United States series at the U.S. Department of State's Office of the Historian and is an adjunct professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University.

Table of Contents

Cover Title Contents Introduction 1. Origins of the Jewish Labor Movement 2. Building a Nation 3. From Homeland to Statehood 4. Beyond the Water’s Edge 5. Recognition and Beyond Epilogue Notes References Index
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