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Three strikes : miners, musicians, salesgirls, and the fighting spirit of labor's last century / Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, Robin D.G. Kelley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strikes and lockouts--United States--Case studies.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Labor movement--United States--History--20th century.
- Labor movement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (182 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre, a drama of beleaguered immigrant workers, Mother Jones, and the politics of corporate power in the age of the robber barons. Dana Frank brings to light the little-known story of a successful sit-in conducted by the 'counter girls' at the Detroit Woolworth's during the Great Depression. Robin D. G. Kelley's story of a movie theater musicians' strike in New York asks what defines work in times of changing technology. From the Trade Paperback edition.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Colorado Coal Strike, 1913 -14
- Girl strikers occupy chain store,win big: The Detroit Woolworth 's Strike of 1937
- Without a Song: New York Musicians Strike Out against Technology
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-170) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8070-5014-8
- OCLC:
- 70765543
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