Background
Fine, Sidney was born on October 11, 1920 in Cleveland. Son of Morris Louis and Gussie (Redalia) Fine.
( On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police raided a blind pi...)
On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police raided a blind pig (after-hours drinking establishment), touching off the most destructive urban riot of the 1960s. It took the U.S. Army, the Michigan National Guard, the Michigan State Police, and the Detroit police department—17,000 men—more than a week to restore order. When all was done, the riot had claimed 43 lives (mostly Black) and resulted in nearly 700 injuries. Over 7,000 individuals were arrested, with property damage estimates over $75 million. Yet, Detroit had been lauded nationally as a "model city" in the governance of a large industrial metropolis. On the 40th anniversary of this nation-changing event, we are pleased to reissue Sidney Fine's seminal work—a detailed study of what happened, why, and with what consequences.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0870138154/?tag=2022091-20
( In the first documented book-length study of this viole...)
In the first documented book-length study of this violent confrontation, Sidney Fine portrays the dramatic events of the 1936-37 strike that catapulted the UAW into prominence and touched off a wave of sit-down strikes across the land. Basing his account on an impressive variety of manuscript sources, the author analyzes the strategy and tactics of GM and the UAW, describes the life of the workers in the occupied plants, and examines the troubled governmental and public reaction to the alleged breakdown of law and order in the strikes. In addition, Dr. Fine provides vivid portraits of Governor Frank Murphy and the major figures on both sides of the conflict: Alfred Sloan, Jr., William Knudson, Robert Travis, Roy Victor, and Walter Reuther, Homer Martin, and Wyndham Mortimer. Of particular interest today are the author's concluding remarks regarding the similarities between the sit-down strike movement of the 1930's and the civil rights movement and the college sit-ins of our own era. The GM sit-down strike marks the close of one era of labor-management relations in the United States and the beginning of another. Professor Fine has provided us with the definitive account of that momentous conflict.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0472329480/?tag=2022091-20
Fine, Sidney was born on October 11, 1920 in Cleveland. Son of Morris Louis and Gussie (Redalia) Fine.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Western Reserve University, 1942. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1948.
Doctor of Letters, Wittenberg University, 1984.
Member faculty, University of Michigan, since 1948; professor of history, University of Michigan, since 1959; Andrew Dickson White distinguished professor of history, University of Michigan, since 1974; Henry Russel lecturer, University of Michigan, 1984-1985; department chairman, University of Michigan, 1969-1971. Member of faculty Salzburg Seminar American Studies, 1959. Member National Archives Advisory Council, 1968-1971.
( In the first documented book-length study of this viole...)
( On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police raided a blind pi...)
( Analyzes the effects of the New Deal's National Industr...)
( Tells of Frank Murphy's early career as Recorder's Cour...)
Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Labor Historians (president 1969-1971), University of Michigan Research Club (president 1983-1984), University of Michigan Science Club, Phi Beta Kappa (chapter president 1975-1976), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Jean Schechter, December 5, 1942. Children— Gail Judith, Deborah Annual.