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.

Contributor:

Frank, Dana.

Kelley, Robin D. G.

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