Kerry Segrave

Actors Organize

A History of Union Formation Efforts in America, 1880-1919

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Produktbeschreibung

This work offers a detailed history of American actors' attempts to unionize in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Actors' unions of this period faced a staggering amount of struggles, including a heavy industry reliance on the blacklist, severe media attacks on individual actors, and the frequent formation of illegitimate company unions. This work focuses specifically on the two main unions of the time, the White Rats Actors' Union of America and the Actors' Equity Association. The author chronicles the formation of the unions along with their achievements in the following decades and outlines the roles of union leaders Harry Mountford and Francis Wilson.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780786432837
• ISBN-10: 0786432837
• Artikelnr.: 23015049

Autorenporträt

Cultural historian Kerry Segrave is the author of dozens of books on such diverse topics as drive-in theaters, ticket-scalping, lie detectors, jukeboxes, smoking and shoplifting. He lives in British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
1. General Conditions, 1880-1900     
2. Early Efforts to Organize, 1880-1900     
3. The White Rats Emerge, 1900-1901     
4. Years of Stagnation, 1902-1907     
5. Mountford Arrives; the White Rats Resurface, 1908-1911     
6. Years of Stagnation Return, 1912-1915     
7. Mountford Returns, a War of Words, 1916     
8. Rats Strike Oklahoma, 1916     
9. Rats Strike Again, Then Fade Away, 1917-1919     
10. Actors' Equity Association, the Beginnings, 1913-1919     
11. Actors' Equity Association Strike, 1919     
12. Conclusion     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index