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June, 2005
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American Vanguard
The United Auto Workers during the Reuther Years, 1935–1970

By John Barnard
(Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2004. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical note, index. $49.95.)

Born out of a series of epic confrontations with some of the nation's largest corporations, and occupying a highly visible place as one of America's largest and most visionary unions, the United Auto Workers (UAW) fascinated observers during its glory days and has since received considerable attention from labor historians. Recent scholarship has tended to be critical of the UAW, questioning both the collective bargaining and social achievements of the union and its most prominent leader, Walter Reuther. In this sweeping history of the first four decades of the UAW, John Barnard flatly rejects this view and describes the UAW as an "American vanguard" at the forefront of efforts to humanize the work-place and fashion a social contract more favorable to working-class Americans. . . .
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