Soapbox rebellion : the Hobo Orator union and the free speech fights of the industrial workers of the world, 1909-1916. / Matthew S. May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Matthew S., author.

Series:

Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.

Rhetoric, Culture, and Social critique

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

Social conflict--United States--History.

Social conflict.

Radicalism--United States--History.

Radicalism.

Industrial Workers of the World--United States--History.

Industrial Workers of the World.

Labor movement--United States--History--20th century.

Labor movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the "Wobblies" generated novel forms of class struggle. From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit th

Contents:

List of illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

Nothing in common : militant rhetorical history

Sparks from a live wire : the origins of the free speech fights and the battle of Spokane, 1909-1910

A class the masters fear : Fresno, 1910-1911

A spectacle of agitators : San Diego, 1912

Timber-beast lament : the Everett massacre, 1916

Orator war machines and the will to revolution

Notes

Glossary

Works cited

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8696-3

OCLC:

878263470