Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Invention of the Closed Shop: The NAM Weighs In on the Labor Question
Chapter 2. The Deep History of the Closed or Union Shop
Chapter 3. The Potential and Limitations of the Trade Agreement
Chapter 4. The Range and Roots of Employer Positions on Labor
Chapter 5. Employers, Unite? The Bases and Challenges of Employer Collective Action
Chapter 6. The Battle over the State
Chapter 7. The Battle over Public Opinion
Chapter 8. Defending the Status Quo Ante Bellum
Chapter 9. The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Institutionalizing the Open-Shop Ideal in the 1920s
Coda: The Working Class and the Prerequisites of Power
Abbreviations
A Note on Sources and Methods
Notes
Index
