By the ore docks : a working people's history of Duluth / Richard Hudelson and Carl Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hudelson, Richard.

Contributor:

Ross, Carl, 1913-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Minnesota--Duluth--History.

Working class.

Ethnic groups--Minnesota--Duluth--History.

Ethnic groups.

Labor unions--Minnesota--Duluth--History.

Labor unions.

Communism--Minnesota--Duluth--History.

Communism.

Farmer-Labor Party (Minn.)--History.

Farmer-Labor Party (Minn.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Working people's history of Duluth

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Located on the shore of Lake Superior near the Iron Range of Minnesota and, for much of its history, the site of vast steel, lumber, and shipping industries, Duluth has been home to people who worked tirelessly in the rail yards, grain elevators, and harbor. Here, for the first time, By the Ore Docks presents a compelling, full-length history of the people who built this port city and struggled for both the growth of the city and the rights of their fellow workers. In By the Ore Docks, Richard Hudelson and Carl Ross trace seventy years in the lives of DuluthÕs multi-ethnic working classÑScandi

Contents:

Labor roots

From labor town to steel trust

Class struggle and ethnic conflict

War and revolution

Americanization

The Farmer-Labor Party

West Duluth on the move

The popular front

The embattled popular front

The fall of the popular front

Epilogue: After the fall.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-322) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9760-4

OCLC:

476187106