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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"longshoremen"”.
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A study of the Boston longshoremen
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Business and Engineering Administration, 1954
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The Portland Longshoremen: The Values, Attitudes, and Origins of an Occupational Subculture
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Identifying Determinants of Physical Activity in Maritime Union Members Using the Theory of Planned Behavior
… are associated with physical activity in longshoremen from the Hampton Roads Shipping Association-International Longshoreman's Association (HRSA-ILA). The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, five focus groups were conducted to elicit information about the health …
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Working for American rights: black, white and Mexican American dockworkers in Texas during the Great Depression
In the 1930s, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) in Texas, a union with black and white members organized into segregated locals, expanded to include Mexican American dockworkers. Though the racially segregated structure of the union reflected the Jim Crow norms of Texas society, …
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Engaging the periphery : integrating port and city
… outcast, the ghetto of ghettos, familiar only to longshoremen, sanitary engineers and carp. -- THE WATERFRONT. After World War II, a number of factors came together to affect the urban waterfront. Subsequently, these factors lead to the demise, and later the waterfront redevelopment phenomena of …
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Kongo to Kings County
… including many free black sailors, oystermen and longshoremen. It is possible that this spiritual cache was created by escaping slaves, perhaps as a protective measure against being apprehended.</p> <p>The Lott Farmstead has a great deal of importance to the history of the City of New York and the …
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Smashing Solidarity: Two New York Strikes at the Start of the Postwar Wave
<p>Two strikes in New York at the beginning of the massive 1945-46 strike wave—one by elevator operators in commercial buildings and another by dock workers throughout the Port of New York—can help us better understand a moment when workers exhibited a profound sense of themselves as a class, while …