Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 un ion -- Gadfly union : outside the mainstream -- The crash and its effec ts on schools -- Warfare in the AFT -- Iron Curtain in the classroom -- Civil rights : the contest for leadership -- Collective bargaining : t he coming of age of teacher unionism -- Black power v. union power : th e crisis of race -- Professionalism and unionism in the seventies and e ighties.

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