World War I and Local Change in America: Federal War Production and Class Relations in Portland, Oregon

I argue that this program represented a novel form of and scope for federal policing. The new approach relied upon executive branch agencies working in tandem with local authorities and cooperative interest groups, a more regularized and persistent strategy than the sporadic use of the military that preceded the war. I consider the intersection of interest groups with the needs of the government---keeping the arenas of industrial relations and civil liberties, critical to the organizations of workers, at the center of inquiry. I analyze interaction among: the local political establishment, AFL unions, shipyard owners, 'enemy aliens,' and anti-capitalist radicals.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Hodges, Adam Jonathan

Contributors dc:contributor

• James Barrett

• History, United States

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3070326

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84638