Blackboard unions : the AFT and the NEA, 1900-1980 / Marjorie Murphy.

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1992, ©1990.

xiii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Turmoil in the Chicago Schools, 1902 and 1905 -- Centralization and professionalization -- Unionism and professionalism : the first sparks -- The early teacher unions -- Professionalism, war, and the company union -- Gadfly union : outside the mainstream -- The crash and its effects on schools -- Warfare in the AFT -- Iron Curtain in the classroom -- Civil rights : the contest for leadership -- Collective bargaining : the coming of age of teacher unionism -- Black power v. union power : the crisis of race -- Professionalism and unionism in the seventies and eighties.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2006. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.